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and it went downוְיָרַדwestwardיָמָּהtoאֶלthe territoryגְּבוּלof the Japhletites,הַיַּפְלֵטִיas far asעַדthe territoryגְּבוּלof LowerתַּחְתּוֹןBeth-horonבֵּית חוֹרֹןand as far asוְעַדGezer,גָּזֶרand its endsוְ תֹצְאֹתָיוwereהָיוּat the sea.יָמָּה
Joshua 16:3
Study it in the app“and 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 16:3, word by word
- and it went downיָרַדyarad
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yarad” appears- westwardיָמָּyama
west
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yama” appears- the territoryגְּבוּלgevul
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appears- of the Japhletitesיַּפְלֵטִיyafleti
Japhletite
Japhletite: a clan on the border of Ephraim.
Where else “yafleti” appears- of Lowerתַּחְתּוֹןtachton
lower
From below, lower.
Where else “tachton” appears- Beth-horonבֵּיתbet
Beth-horon
Beth-horon: two neighboring towns, the upper and the lower, on the road that goes down from the hill country to the coast. The name means "house of the hollow."
Where else “bet” appears- Gezerגָּזֶרgazer
Gezer
See it on the mapWhere else “gazer” appears- and its endsתֹצְאֹתָיtotsotay
end
The point where a border stops.
Where else “totsotay” appears- wereהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears
Places in this verse
Gezer
Today: Tel Gezer ruins, Israel
A city on the plain, about 19 miles (30 km) northwest of Jerusalem.
Joshua defeated its king (Josh 10:33). Pharaoh took it and gave it to his daughter, Solomon's wife, and Solomon fortified it (1 Kgs 9:16-17).
The context
2and it went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the territory of the Archites at Ataroth;
3 · This verse (above)
4So the sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.