Zechariah 14:10:6Zech.14.10.W6TAB

נֶ֖גֶב

negev

south

Transliteration
NE-gev
Extended
NEH-ghev
IPA
/ˈnɛɣɛv/

Meaning by language

English
south

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
נֶ֖ + גֶב
ne + gev
negev

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Gimelg as in good
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    NE-gev

  2. clause

    yi-SOV KOL-ha-A-rets ka-a-ra-VA mi-GE-va le-ri-MON NE-gev ye-ru-sha-LA-yim

  3. 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 contextZechariah 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.