Joshua 19:33:3Josh.19.33.W3TAB
מֵחֵ֨לֶף
mekhelef
“from Heleph”
- Transliteration
- me-KHE-lef
- Extended
- meh-KHEH-lef
- IPA
- /meːˈħelɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Heleph
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-KHE-lef
- phraseyour reading level
me-KHE-lef me-e-LON
- clause
va-ye-HI gvu-LAM me-KHE-lef me-e-LON be-tsa-a-na-NIM va-a-da-MI ha-NE-kev ve-yav-ne-EL ad-lak-KUM
- sentence
va-ye-HI gvu-LAM me-KHE-lef me-e-LON be-tsa-a-na-NIM va-a-da-MI ha-NE-kev ve-yav-ne-EL ad-lak-KUM va-ye-HI tot-se-o-TAV ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
A chain of prepositional phrases—me-chelef {מֵחֵלֶף | mē-ḥê-lep}, me-’ê-lôn {מֵאֵל֜וֹן | mē-’ê-lôn}, bə-ṣa‘a-năn-nîm {בְּצַעֲנַנִּ֗ים | bə-ṣa‘a-năn-nîm}, ʿad-laqqūm {עַד־לַקּ֑וּם | ʿaḏ-laqqūm}—maps out a linear progression.
In context — Joshua 19:33
And their border extended from Heleph and the oak in Zaanannim, through Adami Nekeb and Jabneel to Lakkum, and its terminus was at the Jordan .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:33:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 19:33, so the Hebrew word מֵחֵ֨לֶף (mekhelef) 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.19.33.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.33.W3.S1) and character.