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and the landוְהָאָרֶץof the Gebalites,הַגִּבְלִיand allוְכָלLebanon,הַלְּבָנוֹןtoward the sunrise,מִזְרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁfrom Baal-gadמִבַּעַל גָּדbelowתַּחַתMountהַרHermonחֶרְמוֹןtoעַדthe entranceלְבוֹאof Hamath.חֲמָת
Joshua 13:5
Study it in the app“and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 13:5, word by word
- and the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- of the Gebalitesגִּבְלִיgivli
Gebalite
Gebalite: an inhabitant of Gebal, a coastal city in the north (Byblos).
Where else “givli” appears- Lebanonלְּבָנוֹןlevanon
Lebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appears- toward the sunriseמִזְרַחmizrach
east
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizrach” appears- toward the sunriseשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh
east
The side from which the sun rises each morning; the east.
Where else “shemesh” appears- from Baal-gadבַּעַלbaal
Baal-gad
Baal-gad: a place at the foot of Mount Hermon, the northern limit of what Joshua took.
Where else “baal” 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- the entranceלְבוֹאlevo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “levo” appears- of Hamathחֲמָתchamat
Hamath
Hamath, a city and region of Syria, north of the promised land. "The entrance of Hamath" marks the northern border.
Where else “chamat” appears
Places in this verse
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).
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).
The context
4in the south; all the land of the Canaanite, and Mearah, which belongs to the Sidonians, as far as Aphek, to the border of the Amorite;
5 · This verse (above)
6All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians, I will dispossess them before the sons of Israel. Only allot it to Israel as an inheritance, just as I have commanded you.