From Tappuahמִתַּפּוּחַthe borderהַגְּבוּלwentיֵלֵךְwestwardיָמָּהto the Brookנַחַלof Kanah,קָנָהand its endsוְ תֹצְאֹתָיוwereהָיוּat the sea.הַיָּמָּהThisזֹאתisthe inheritanceנַחֲלַתof the tribeמַטֵּהof the sonsבְנֵיof Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםaccording to their families,לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם
Joshua 16:8
Study it in the app“From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah, and its ends were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 16:8, word by word
- From Tappuahתַּפּוּחַtapuach
Tappuah
Tappuah: the name of two cities and of a man of Judah; it means "apple tree."
Where else “tapuach” appears- the borderגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- wentיֵלֵךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- westwardיָמָּyama
west
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yama” appears- to the Brookנַחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- of Kanahקָנָהkana
Kanah
Kanah: a brook that forms the border between Ephraim and Manasseh; also a town of Asher. The name means "place of reeds."
Where else “kana” 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- the inheritanceנַחֲלַתnachalat
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalat” appears- of the tribeמַטֵּהmate
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “mate” appears- of the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםefrayim
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears- according to their familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתָmishpchota
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchota” appears
The context
7and it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, and touched Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.
8 · This verse (above)
9together with the cities that were set apart for the sons of Ephraim within the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities and their villages.