הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

   ha-SHE-mesh

   of the sun
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִזְרַ֥ח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

   miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh

   at the east of the sun
3. clause🔊 וּפָגַ֨ע בִּזְבֻל֜וּן מִנֶּ֗גֶב וּבְאָשֵׁר֙ פָּגַ֣ע מִיָּ֔ם וּבִ֣יהוּדָ֔ה הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן מִזְרַ֥ח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

   u-pa-GA biz-voo-LOON mi-NE-gev uv-e-A-sher pa-GA mi-YAM u-vi-hu-DAH ha-yar-DEN miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh

   and reached Zebulun at the south and in Asher it touched at the west and Judah the Jordan at the east of the sun
4. sentence🔊 וְשָׁ֨ב הַגְּב֥וּל יָ֙מָּה֙ אַזְנ֣וֹת תָּב֔וֹר וְיָצָ֥א מִשָּׁ֖ם חוּקֹ֑קָה וּפָגַ֨ע בִּזְבֻל֜וּן מִנֶּ֗גֶב וּבְאָשֵׁר֙ פָּגַ֣ע מִיָּ֔ם וּבִ֣יהוּדָ֔ה הַיַּרְדֵּ֖ן מִזְרַ֥ח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

   ve-SHAV hag-VOOL ya-MAH az-NOT ta-VOR ve-ya-TSA mi-SHAM khu-ko-KAH u-pa-GA biz-voo-LOON mi-NE-gev uv-e-A-sher pa-GA mi-YAM u-vi-hu-DAH ha-yar-DEN miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh

   and turned the border westward Aznoth Tabor and went out from there to Hukkok and reached Zebulun at the south and in Asher it touched at the west and Judah the Jordan at the east of the sun

Exegesis

The construct mizrach hashemesh {מִזְרַ֥ח הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ | miz-raḥ ha-šā-mēš} combines “east” and “the sun” to idiomatically denote sunrise, preserved in translation to maintain ancient directional imagery. In the dynamic version, veshav and veyatza are rendered as “curved back” and “turned out” to convey the boundary’s shape.

Root and etymology

ש־מ־ש🔊 shin–mem–shin

“sun”

• 🔊 שִׁמְשׁוֹןShimshonlittle sun/SamsonJudges 13:24