Joshua 15:10

“and the border turned from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the slope of Mount Jearim on the north (that is Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along to Timnah;”

Joshua 15:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 15:10, word by word

and the borderגְּבוּלgevul

border

The border of a land.

Where else “gevul” appears
turnedנָסַבnasav

turn

To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.

Where else “nasav” appears
from Baalahבַּעֲלָהbaala

Baalah

Baalah: the name of several places of Judah; one is the other name of Kiriath-jearim.

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westwardיָמָּyama

west

Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.

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Mountהַרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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Seirשֵׂעִירseir

Seir

Seir, the hill country south of the Dead Sea, later the land of Edom; also its first inhabitants, and a mountain in Judah.

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and passed alongעָבַרavar

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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the slopeכֶּתֶףketef

side

The side part of something: the flank of a house or hill.

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Jearimיְעָרִיםyearim

Jearim

Jearim: a mountain on the northern border of Judah. The name means "forests."

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on the northצָּפוֹנָtsafona

north

North.

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Chesalon)כְסָלוֹןchesalon

Chesalon

Chesalon: a place on the northern border of Judah, on Mount Jearim.

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and went downיָרַדyarad

go down

To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.

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to Beth-shemeshבֵּיתbet

Beth-shemesh

Beth-shemesh: a town on the border of Judah, in the Shephelah. The name means "house of the sun."

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to Timnahתִּמְנָהtimna

Timnah

Timnah, the name of two towns, one in the hill country of Judah.

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The context

9and the border bent from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border bent to Baalah (that is Kiriath-jearim);

10 · This verse (above)

11and the border went out to the slope of Ekron to the north, and the border bent to Shikkeron, and passed along to Mount Baalah, and went out to Jabneel, and the ends of the border were at the sea.

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