and the borderוְ הַגְּבוּלturnedנָסַבfrom BaalahמִבַּעֲלָהwestwardיָמָּהtoאֶלMountהַרSeir,שֵׂעִירand passed alongוְעָבַרtoאֶלthe slopeכֶּתֶףof MountהַרJearimיְעָרִיםon the northמִצָּפוֹנָה(thatהִיאisChesalon),כְסָלוֹןand went downוְיָרַדto Beth-shemesh,בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁand passed alongוְעָבַרto Timnah;תִּמְנָה
Joshua 15:10
Study it in the app“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;”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “baala” appears- westwardיָמָּyama
west
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yama” appears- Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- 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.
Where else “seir” appears- and passed alongעָבַרavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appears- the slopeכֶּתֶףketef
side
The side part of something: the flank of a house or hill.
Where else “ketef” appears- Jearimיְעָרִיםyearim
Jearim
Jearim: a mountain on the northern border of Judah. The name means "forests."
Where else “yearim” appears- on the northצָּפוֹנָtsafona
north
North.
Where else “tsafona” appears- Chesalon)כְסָלוֹןchesalon
Chesalon
Chesalon: a place on the northern border of Judah, on Mount Jearim.
Where else “chesalon” appears- and went downיָרַדyarad
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yarad” appears- to Beth-shemeshבֵּיתbet
Beth-shemesh
Beth-shemesh: a town on the border of Judah, in the Shephelah. The name means "house of the sun."
Where else “bet” appears- to Timnahתִּמְנָהtimna
Timnah
Timnah, the name of two towns, one in the hill country of Judah.
Where else “timna” appears
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.