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and it passed alongוְעָבַרto Azmon,עַצְמוֹנָהand went outוְיָצָאto the Brookנַחַלof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםandוְthe endsתֹּצְאוֹתof the borderהַגְּבוּלwereהָיוּat the sea.יָמָּהThisזֶהshall beיִהְיֶהyourלָכֶםsouthנֶגֶבborder.גְּבוּל
Joshua 15:4
Study it in the app“and 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 15:4, word by word
- and it passed alongעָבַרavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appears- to Azmonעַצְמוֹנָatsmona
Azmon
Azmon, a place on the southern border of Canaan.
Where else “atsmona” appears- and went outיָצָאyatsa
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appears- to the Brookנַחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- the endsתֹּצְאוֹתtotsot
end
The point where a border stops.
Where else “totsot” appears- of the borderגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- wereהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- at the seaיָמָּyama
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yama” appears- southנֶגֶבnegev
south
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negev” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
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;
4 · This verse (above)
5And the east border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan. And the border on the north side ran from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan;