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And to the eastוְלַמִּזְרָחhe livedיָשַׁבas far asעַדthe entranceלְבוֹאof the wildernessמִדְבָּרָהfromלְמִןthe riverהַנָּהָרEuphrates,פְּרָתbecauseכִּיtheir livestockמִקְנֵיהֶםhad multipliedרָבוּin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Gilead.גִּלְעָד
1 Chronicles 5:9
Study it in the app“And to the east he lived as far as the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their livestock had multiplied in the land of Gilead.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 5:9, word by word
- And to the eastמִּזְרָחmizrach
east
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizrach” appears- he livedיָשַׁבyashav
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashav” appears- the entranceבוֹאvo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vo” appears- of the wildernessמִדְבָּרָmidbara
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbara” appears- the riverנָּהָרnahar
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appears- Euphratesפְּרָתperat
Euphrates
See it on the mapWhere else “perat” appears- their livestockמִקְנֵיmikne
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appears- had multipliedרָבוּravu
multiply
To grow in number.
Where else “ravu” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Gileadגִּלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears
Places in this verse
1Euphrates
Today: Euphrates River: Turkey, Syria, Iraq
The longest river in southwest Asia; it rises in Turkey and flows through Syria and Iraq to the Persian Gulf.
It is one of the four rivers of Eden (Gen 2:14). God promised Abram the land as far as this river (Gen 15:18).
2Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
The context
8and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel; he lived in Aroer, and as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.
9 · This verse (above)
10And in the days of Saul they made war against the Hagrites, and they fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout the whole east side of Gilead.