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Andוּthe westהַיָּמָּהborderגְבוּלwasthe GreatהַגָּדוֹלSeaיָםand its coast.וּגְבוּלThisזֶהisthe borderגְּבוּלof the sonsבְּנֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהall aroundסָבִיבaccording to their families.לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם
Joshua 15:12
Study it in the app“And the west border was the Great Sea and its coast. This is the border of the sons of Judah all around according to their families.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 15:12, word by word
- the westיָּמָּyama
west
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yama” appears- borderגְבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- the Greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
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” appears- all aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- according to their familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתָmishpchota
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchota” appears
The context
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.
12 · This verse (above)
13And to Caleb son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the sons of Judah, according to the command of YHWH to Joshua: Kiriath-arba, the father of Anak (that is Hebron).