Joshua 23:4:16Josh.23.4.W16TAB
הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃
hashemesh
“of the sun {westward}”
- Transliteration
- ha-SHE-mesh
- Extended
- hah-SHEH-mesh
- IPA
- /haˈʃɛmeʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the sun {westward}
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-SHE-mesh
- phraseyour reading level
me-VO ha-SHE-mesh
- clause
min-ha-yar-DEN ve-KOL-ha-go-YIM a-SHER hikh-ra-TI ve-ha-YAM ha-ga-DOL me-VO ha-SHE-mesh
- sentence
re-U hi-pal-TI la-KHEM ET-ha-go-YIM ha-nish-a-RIM ha-E-le be-na-ha-LA le-shiv-TE-khem min-ha-yar-DEN ve-KOL-ha-go-YIM a-SHER hikh-ra-TI ve-ha-YAM ha-ga-DOL me-VO ha-SHE-mesh
Exegesis
The idiom məvôʾ haššāmeš {מְב֥וֹא הַשָּׁמֶשׁ | məvôʾ haššāmeš} ‘entrance of the sun’ conveys the westward orientation and is rendered “at sunset” or “westward direction” in English.
Root and etymology
sh-m-shshin–mem–shin
“sun”
In context — Joshua 23:4
See, I have allotted for you these nations that remain to be an inheritance for your tribes from the Jordan and all the nations that I have cut off, even to the Great Sea at the setting of the sun .
About this coordinate
Joshua 23:4:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Joshua 23:4, so the Hebrew word הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ (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.23.4.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.23.4.W16.S1) and character.