Zechariah 14:10:6Zech.14.10.W6TAB
נֶ֖גֶב
negev
“south”
- Transliteration
- NE-gev
- Extended
- NEH-ghev
- IPA
- /ˈnɛɣɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- south
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Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
NE-gev
- clause
yi-SOV KOL-ha-A-rets ka-a-ra-VA mi-GE-va le-ri-MON NE-gev ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- sentence
yi-SOV KOL-ha-A-rets ka-a-ra-VA mi-GE-va le-ri-MON NE-gev ye-ru-sha-LA-yim ve-ra-a-MA ve-ya-she-VA takh-te-HA le-mish-SHA-ar bin-ya-MIN ad-me-KOM SHA-ar ha-ri-SHON ad-SHA-ar ha-pin-NIM u-mig-DAL kha-nan-EL AD yik-VE ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
Boundary markers miggeva {מִגֶּבַע | mig-geḇaʿ} to lerimmon {לְרִמּוֹן | le-rimmōn} and the locative negev yerushalayim {נֶגֶב יְרוּשָׁלַיִם | neḡeḇ yerûšālāyim} specify the area.
In context — Zechariah 14:10
And all the land shall be turned like the Arabah , from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; but it shall be raised up and inhabited in its place, from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Zechariah 14:10, so the Hebrew word נֶ֖גֶב (negev) 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 Zech.14.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.10.W6.S1) and character.