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And their southוַ לָהֶם נֶגֶבborderגְּבוּלwasיְהִיfrom the endמִקְצֵהof the SaltהַמֶּלַחSea,יָםfromמִןthe bayהַלָּשֹׁןthat facesהַפֹּנֶהsouth;נֶגְבָּה
Joshua 15:2
Study it in the app“And their south border was from the end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces south;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 15:2, word by word
- And their southנֶגֶבnegev
south
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negev” appears- borderגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- wasיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- from the endקְצֵהketse
end
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appears- of the Saltמֶּלַחmelach
salt
Salt. "The Salt Sea" is the Dead Sea.
Where else “melach” appears- Seaיָםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- the bayלָּשֹׁןlashon
bay
Something long and narrow like a tongue, such as a bay of the sea reaching into the land.
Where else “lashon” appears- that facesפֹּנֶהpone
look
To fix the eyes on something and attend to it, not overlook it.
Where else “pone” appears
The context
1And 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.
2 · This verse (above)
3and it went out south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned to Karka;