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and Gilead,וְהַגִּלְעָדand the territoryוּגְבוּלof the Geshuritesהַגְּשׁוּרִיand the Maacathites,וְהַמַּעֲכָתִיand allוְכֹלMountהַרHermon,חֶרְמוֹןand allוְכָלBashanהַבָּשָׁןas far asעַדSalecah;סַלְכָה
Joshua 13:11
Study it in the app“and Gilead, and the territory of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 13:11, word by word
- and Gileadגִּלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears- and the territoryגְבוּלgevul
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appears- of the Geshuritesגְּשׁוּרִיgeshuri
Geshurite
Geshurite: an inhabitant of Geshur, a small kingdom northeast of the Lake of Kinnereth; also a people near the Philistines.
Where else “geshuri” appears- and the Maacathitesמַּעֲכָתִיmaachati
Maacathite
Maacathite: an inhabitant of Maacah, a small kingdom north of Bashan.
Where else “maachati” appears- Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Hermonחֶרְמוֹןchermon
Hermon
See it on the mapWhere else “chermon” appears- Bashanבָּשָׁןbashan
Bashan
See it on the mapWhere else “bashan” appears- Salecahסַלְכָהsalcha
Salecah
Salecah, a city on the eastern border of Bashan.
Where else “salcha” appears
Places in this verse
1Gilead
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).
2Hermon
Today: Mount Hermon: Lebanon-Syria border, Israeli-held part
The highest mountain in northern Israel, on the border with Syria and Lebanon.
It was the northern limit of what Israel took east of the Jordan (Deut 3:8). The Psalms speak of its dew (Ps 133:3).
3Bashan
Today: southern Syria and the Golan Heights
A fertile region east of the Sea of Galilee, reaching to Mount Hermon, now southern Syria and northwest Jordan.
Israel defeated King Og there (Num 21:33-35). It was known for its cattle (Ps 22:12).
The context
10and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the sons of Ammon;
11 · This verse (above)
12all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (he was left of the remnant of the Rephaim); Moses struck them and dispossessed them.