Judges 21:19:10Judg.21.19.W10TAB
מִזְרְחָ֣ה
mizrekha
“eastward”
- Transliteration
- miz-re-KHA
- Extended
- mihz-reh-KHAA
- IPA
- /miz.rəˈħaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- eastward
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
miz-re-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
miz-re-KHA ha-SHE-mesh
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru hi-NE khag-ye-ho-VAH be-shi-LO mi-ya-MIM ya-mi-MA a-SHER mits-tse-fo-NA le-VET-EL miz-re-KHA ha-SHE-mesh lim-si-LA ha-o-LA mib-BET-EL she-KHE-ma
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru hi-NE khag-ye-ho-VAH be-shi-LO mi-ya-MIM ya-mi-MA a-SHER mits-tse-fo-NA le-VET-EL miz-re-KHA ha-SHE-mesh lim-si-LA ha-o-LA mib-BET-EL she-KHE-ma u-min-NE-gev lil-le-vo-NA
Exegesis
A chain of locative expressions deploys directional nouns to frame Shiloh’s location with precision: miṣpōnāh lə-ḇēṯ-’ēl {מִצְּפ֤וֹנָה לְבֵֽית־אֵל | miṣpōnāh lə-ḇēṯ-’ēl} ‘northward to Bethel,’ mizraḥāh ha-šēmēš lim-ṣillāh {מִזְרְחָ֣ה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לִמשֶלָּה | mizraḥāh ha-šēmēš li-mə-ṣillāh} ‘eastward of the sun to the road,’ and ha-’ôlâh min-ḇēṯ-’ēl šeḵemāh ū-min-negev li-levōnāh {הָעֹלָה מִבֵּֽית־אֵל שְׁכֶמָה וּמִנֶּגֶב לִלְבוֹנָֽה | hā-’ôlâh min-ḇēṯ-’ēl šeḵemāh ū-min-negev li-levōnāh} ‘the road ascending from Bethel to Shechem and from the south to Lebonah.’ By placing these locatives after the festival announcement, Hebrew creates a layered geographic envelope that defines the sacred site.
Root and etymology
z-r-ḥz r ḥ
“to rise”
In context — Judges 21:19
And they said, “Behold, there is a festival of the LORD in Shiloh, which occurs yearly, north of Bethel, east of the road that ascends from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:19:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 21:19, so the Hebrew word מִזְרְחָ֣ה (mizrekha) 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 Judg.21.19.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.19.W10.S1) and character.