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Ashdod,אַשְׁדּוֹדits townsבְּנוֹתֶיהָand its villages;וַחֲצֵרֶיהָGaza,עַזָּהits townsבְּנוֹתֶיהָand its villages,וַחֲצֵרֶיהָas far asעַדthe Brookנַחַלof Egyptמִצְרָיִםandוְthe GreatהַגָּדוֹלSeaהַיָּםand its coast.וּגְבוּל
Joshua 15:47
Study it in the app“Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the Great Sea and its coast.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 15:47, word by word
- Ashdodאַשְׁדּוֹדashdod
Ashdod
See it on the mapWhere else “ashdod” appears- its townsבְּנוֹתֶיbenote
village
Literally "the daughters": small places that depend on a city.
Where else “benote” appears- and its villagesחֲצֵרֶיchatsere
village
A group of houses without a wall, in the countryside.
Where else “chatsere” appears- Gazaעַזָּהaza
Gaza
See it on the mapWhere else “aza” appears- the Brookנַחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- the Greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- Seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- and its coastגְבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears
Places in this verse
1Ashdod
Today: Ashdod, Israel
A Philistine city near the Mediterranean coast, about 34 miles (55 km) west of Jerusalem.
The Philistines brought the ark of God there, and their god Dagon fell before it (1 Sam 5:1-4).
2Gaza
Today: Gaza City, Gaza Strip
A Philistine city on the Mediterranean coast, at the far southwest of Israel.
There the Philistines blinded Samson and made him grind grain (Judg 16:21); he died there pulling down the temple (Judg 16:30).
3Egypt
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
46from Ekron to the sea, all that were beside Ashdod, with their villages;
47 · This verse (above)
48And in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,