and it went outוְיָצָאsouthאֶל מִנֶּגֶבof the Ascentלְמַעֲלֵהof Akrabbim,עַקְרַבִּיםand passed alongוְעָבַרto Zin,צִנָהand went upוְעָלָהsouthמִנֶּגֶבof Kadesh-barnea,לְקָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַand passed alongוְעָבַרHezron,חֶצְרוֹןand went upוְעָלָהto Addar,אַדָּרָהand turnedוְנָסַבto Karka;הַקַּרְקָעָה
Joshua 15:3
Study it in the app“and 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;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 15:3, word by word
- and it went outיָצָאyatsa
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appears- southנֶּגֶבnegev
south
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negev” appears- of the Ascentמַעֲלֵהmaale
Akrabbim
The ascent of Akrabbim, a mountain pass on the southern border of Canaan. The name means "ascent of the scorpions."
Where else “maale” appears- and passed alongעָבַרavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appears- to Zinצִנָtsina
Zin
Zin, a wilderness south of Canaan, where Kadesh lies. It is not the same as the wilderness of Sin (Exodus 16:1).
Where else “tsina” appears- and went upעָלָהala
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appears- of Kadesh-barneaקָדֵשׁkadesh
Kadesh-barnea
See it on the mapWhere else “kadesh” appears- Hezronחֶצְרוֹןchetsron
Hezron
Hezron, the name of a son of Reuben and of a grandson of Judah, an ancestor of David; also a place in Judah.
Where else “chetsron” appears- to Addarאַדָּרָadara
Addar
Addar: a place on the southern border of Judah. The name means "wide."
Where else “adara” appears- and turnedנָסַבnasav
turn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “nasav” appears- to Karkaקַּרְקָעָkarkaa
Karka
Karka: a place on the southern border of Judah.
Where else “karkaa” appears
Places in this verse
Kadesh-barnea ?
Today: possibly Ain Qudeirat, Sinai/Negev border
An oasis in the desert south of Canaan; its exact site is not certain.
Moses sent the twelve spies from there (Num 13:26). Because of their unbelief, Israel wandered in the wilderness almost forty years (Deut 2:14).
The context
2And their south border was from the end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces south;
3 · This verse (above)
4and it passed along to Azmon, and went out to the Brook of Egypt, and the ends of the border were at the sea. This shall be your south border.