Joshua 12:3

“and the Arabah as far as the Sea of Chinneroth to the east, and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, to the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth, and on the south, below the slopes of Pisgah;”

Joshua 12:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 12:3, word by word

and the Arabahעֲרָבָהarava

Arabah

The valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.

Where else “arava” appears
the Seaיָםyam

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

Where else “yam” appears
of Chinnerothכִּנְרוֹתkinrot

Chinnereth

Chinnereth, a lake in the north of Israel, later called the Sea of Galilee; also a city on its shore.

Where else “kinrot” appears
to the eastמִזְרָחָmizraach

east

Where the sun rises: the east.

Where else “mizraach” appears
the Saltמֶּלַחmelach

salt

Salt. "The Salt Sea" is the Dead Sea.

Where else “melach” appears
the wayדֶּרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

Where else “derech” appears
to Beth-jeshimothבֵּיתbet

Beth-jeshimoth

Beth-jeshimoth, a place in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan. The name means "house of the wastelands."

Where else “bet” appears
and on the southתֵּימָןteman

south

South; also the south wind.

Where else “teman” appears
the slopesאַשְׁדּוֹתashdot

slope

Slope: the side of a mountain where the water runs down.

Where else “ashdot” appears
of Pisgahפִּסְגָּהpisga

Pisgah

Pisgah, a mountain east of the Jordan, facing Jericho. The name means "cleft."

Where else “pisga” appears

The context

2Sihon king of the Amorite, who lived in Heshbon, ruling from Aroer, which is on the edge of the brook Arnon, and the middle of the brook, and half of Gilead, as far as the brook Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon;

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4and the territory of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and in Edrei,

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