and the borderוְ הַגְּבוּלbentתָאַרfrom the topמֵרֹאשׁof the mountainהָהָרtoאֶלthe springמַעְיַןof the watersמֵיof Nephtoah,נֶפְתּוֹחַand went outוְיָצָאtoאֶלthe citiesעָרֵיof MountהַרEphron;עֶפְרוֹןand the borderוְ הַגְּבוּלbentתָאַרto Baalahבַּעֲלָה(thatהִיאisKiriath-jearim);קִרְיַת יְעָרִים
Joshua 15:9
Study it in the app“and the border bent from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border bent to Baalah (that is Kiriath-jearim);”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 15:9, word by word
- and the borderגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- bentתָאַרtaar
bend
To turn, like a border changing direction.
Where else “taar” appears- from the topרֹאשׁrosh
top
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appears- of the mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- the springמַעְיַןmayan
spring, fountain
Spring, fountain of water; figuratively, a source.
Where else “mayan” appears- of the watersמֵיme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appears- of Nephtoahנֶפְתּוֹחַneftoach
Nephtoah
Nephtoah: a spring on the border between Judah and Benjamin. The name means "opened."
Where else “neftoach” appears- and went outיָצָאyatsa
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appears- the citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- Ephronעֶפְרוֹןefron
Ephron
Ephron, the Hittite who owned the field and the cave of Machpelah; also the name of places.
Where else “efron” appears- to Baalahבַּעֲלָהbaala
Baalah
Baalah: the name of several places of Judah; one is the other name of Kiriath-jearim.
Where else “baala” appears- Kiriath-jearim)קִרְיַתkiryat
Kiriath-jearim
Kiriath-jearim: a city of the Gibeonites, later of Judah. The name means "city of the forests."
Where else “kiryat” appears
The context
8and the border went up by the Valley of Ben-hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite on the south (that is Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim;
9 · This verse (above)
10and the border turned from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the slope of Mount Jearim on the north (that is Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along to Timnah;