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Andוַtheir territoryלָהֶם הַגְּבוּלwasיְהִיJazerיַעְזֵרand allוְכָלthe citiesעָרֵיof Gilead,הַגִּלְעָדand halfוַחֲצִיthe landאֶרֶץof the sonsבְּנֵיof Ammon,עַמּוֹןas far asעַדAroer,עֲרוֹעֵרwhichאֲשֶׁרiseastעַל פְּנֵיof Rabbah;רַבָּה
Joshua 13:25
Study it in the app“And their territory was Jazer and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the sons of Ammon, as far as Aroer, which is east of Rabbah;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 13:25, word by word
- their territoryגְּבוּלgevul
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appears- wasיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- Jazerיַעְזֵרyazer
Jazer
Jazer, a city east of the Jordan. The name means "he helps."
Where else “yazer” appears- the citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- of Gileadגִּלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears- and halfחֲצִיchatsi
half
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Ammonעַמּוֹןamon
Ammon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appears- Aroerעֲרוֹעֵרaroer
Aroer
Aroer, a city east of the Jordan, by the river Arnon; other places bear the name.
Where else “aroer” appears- eastפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- of Rabbahרַבָּהraba
Rabbah
Rabbah, the capital of the sons of Ammon; also a town in Judah. The name means "great."
Where else “raba” 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).
2Ammon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
The context
24And Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the sons of Gad, according to their families.
25 · This verse (above)
26and from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;