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and it went outוְיָצָאfrom Bethelמִבֵּית אֵלto Luz,לוּזָהand passed alongוְעָבַרtoאֶלthe territoryגְּבוּלof the Architesהָאַרְכִּיat Ataroth;עֲטָרוֹת
Joshua 16:2
Study it in the app“and it went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the territory of the Archites at Ataroth;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 16:2, word by word
- and it went outיָצָאyatsa
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appears- from Bethelבֵּיתbet
Bethel
See it on the mapWhere else “bet” appears- to Luzלוּזָluza
Luz
Luz, the old name of the town of Bethel; also another town.
Where else “luza” appears- and passed alongעָבַרavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appears- the territoryגְּבוּלgevul
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appears- of the Architesאַרְכִּיarki
Archite
Archite: a clan that lived on the border between Ephraim and Benjamin; Hushai, David's friend, belonged to it (2 Samuel 15:32).
Where else “arki” appears- at Atarothעֲטָרוֹתatarot
Ataroth
Ataroth, a city east of the Jordan; other places bear the name. The name means "crowns."
Where else “atarot” appears
Places in this verse
Bethel ?
Today: possibly Beitin, West Bank
A city in the hills about 11 miles (17 km) north of Jerusalem; the location is approximate.
There Jacob dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven and named the place Bethel, "house of God" (Gen 28:19). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
The context
1And the lot for the sons of Joseph went out from the Jordan by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness going up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel;
2 · This verse (above)
3and it went down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of Lower Beth-horon and as far as Gezer, and its ends were at the sea.