Study it in the app“From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and as far as the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun, shall be your territory.”
From the wildernessמֵהַמִּדְבָּרand thisהַזֶּהLebanonוְהַלְּבָנוֹןas far asוְעַדthe greatהַגָּדוֹלriver,הַנָּהָרthe riverנְהַרEuphrates,פְּרָתallכֹּלthe landאֶרֶץof the Hittites,הַחִתִּיםand as far asוְעַדthe GreatהַגָּדוֹלSeaהַיָּםtoward the settingמְבוֹאof the sun,הַשָּׁמֶשׁshall beיִהְיֶהyour territory.גְּבוּלְכֶם
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsLebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearsriver
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appearsEuphrates
See it on the mapWhere else “perat” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsHittite
Hittite: a descendant of Heth, one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chitim” appearssea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appearssunset
The time and place where the sun sets, toward the west.
Where else “mevo” appearssun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shamesh” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appearsterritory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appearsThe “Great Sea” is the Mediterranean.
1Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
2Euphrates
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).
3Every place on which the sole of your foot treads I have given it to you, just as I spoke to Moses.
4 · This verse (above)
5No man shall stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, I will be with you; I will not let you go or abandon you.
