Study it in the app“And the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families was to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin to the south, at the farthest south.”
And the lotוַ הַגּוֹרָלfor the tribeלְמַטֵּהof the sonsבְּנֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהaccording to their familiesלְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָםwasיְהִיtoאֶלthe borderגְּבוּלof Edom,אֱדוֹםthe wildernessמִדְבַּרof Zinצִןto the south,נֶגְבָּהat the farthestמִקְצֵהsouth.תֵימָן
lot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “goral” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “mate” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsfamily
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchota” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appearsborder
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appearsEdom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsZin
Zin, a wilderness south of Canaan, where Kadesh lies. It is not the same as the wilderness of Sin (Exodus 16:1).
Where else “tsin” appearssouth
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negba” appearsend
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appearssouth
South; also the south wind.
Where else “teman” appearsEdom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
1 · This verse (above)
2And their south border was from the end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces south;
