Joshua 19:27:3Josh.19.27.W3TAB
הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ֮
hashemesh
“of the sun”
- Transliteration
- ha-SHE-mesh
- Extended
- hah-SHEH-mesh
- IPA
- /haˈʃɛmɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the sun
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
ha-SHE-mesh
- 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
ש־מ־ש
“sun”
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 19:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 19:27, so the Hebrew word הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ֮ (hashemesh) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.27.W3.S1) and character.