and the borderוְ הַגְּבוּלwent outיָצָאto the sea,הַיָּמָּהwith Michmethathהַמִּכְמְתָתon the north;מִצָּפוֹןand the borderוְ הַגְּבוּלturnedנָסַבeastwardמִזְרָחָהto Taanath-shiloh,תַּאֲנַת שִׁלֹהand passed alongוְעָבַרitאוֹתוֹon the eastמִמִּזְרַחof Janoah;יָנוֹחָה
Joshua 16:6
Study it in the app“and the border went out to the sea, with Michmethath on the north; and the border turned eastward to Taanath-shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 16:6, word by word
- and the borderגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- went outיָצָאyatsa
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appears- to the seaיָּמָּyama
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yama” appears- with Michmethathמִּכְמְתָתmichmtat
Michmethath
Michmethath: a place on the border between Ephraim and Manasseh, facing Shechem.
Where else “michmtat” appears- on the northצָּפוֹןtsafon
north
North.
Where else “tsafon” appears- turnedנָסַבnasav
turn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “nasav” appears- eastwardמִזְרָחָmizraach
east
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizraach” appears- to Taanath-shilohתַּאֲנַתtaanat
Taanath-shiloh
Taanath-shiloh: a place on the border of Ephraim.
Where else “taanat” appears- and passed alongעָבַרavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appears- of Janoahיָנוֹחָyanoach
Janoah
Janoah: a town on the border of Ephraim. The name means "rest."
Where else “yanoach” appears
The context
5And the territory of the sons of Ephraim according to their families was this: the border of their inheritance on the east was Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon,
6 · This verse (above)
7and it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, and touched Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.