Joshua 19:27:2Josh.19.27.W2TAB
מִזְרַ֣ח
mizrakh
“eastward”
- Transliteration
- miz-RAKH
- Extended
- mihz-RAKH
- IPA
- /mizˈraħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- eastward
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
miz-RAKH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SHAV miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh
- clause
ve-SHAV miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh beit da-GON u-pa-GA biz-vo-LUN uv-GEI yif-TAKH-EL tsa-fo-NA beit ha-E-mek u-ne-i-EL
- sentence
ve-SHAV miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh beit da-GON u-pa-GA biz-vo-LUN uv-GEI yif-TAKH-EL tsa-fo-NA beit ha-E-mek u-ne-i-EL ve-ya-TSA el-KA-vul mis-SMOL
Exegesis
The directional phrase mizrach hashemesh {מִזְרַ֣ח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ | mi-zrāḥ ha-šā-mēsh} ‘eastward of the sun’ specifies orientation toward sunrise.
Root and etymology
zayin–resh–chetzayin–resh–chet
“to rise”
In context — Joshua 19:27
And it turned eastward of the sun to Beth Dagon, and it touched Zebulun and the valley of Iphtah-El northward, Beth Ha’emek and Neiel, and it went out to Kabul on the left.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 19:27, so the Hebrew word מִזְרַ֣ח (mizrakh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Josh.19.27.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.27.W2.S1) and character.