Joshua 19:34:3Josh.19.34.W3TAB
יָ֙מָּה֙
yamah
“westward”
- Transliteration
- ya-MAH
- Extended
- yaa-MAH
- IPA
- /jaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- westward
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-MAH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SHAV hag-VOOL ya-MAH
- clause
ve-SHAV hag-VOOL ya-MAH az-NOT ta-VOR ve-ya-TSA mi-SHAM khu-ko-KAH
- sentence
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
Exegesis
The noun hagvul {הַגְּב֥וּל | ha-gəvūl} functions as the subject, with the directional noun yamah {יָ֙מָּה֙ | yā-mā(h)} ‘westward’ marking its initial turn.
In context — Joshua 19:34
The border returned westward to Aznoth-Tabor and went out from there to Chukkok, and it reached in Zebulun from the south, and in Asher it reached from the west, and in Judah at the Jordan toward the east .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:34:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 19:34, so the Hebrew word יָ֙מָּה֙ (yamah) 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.19.34.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.34.W3.S1) and character.