Study it in the app“And the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath, which is east of Shechem; and the border went to the south, to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.”
And the borderוַ גְבוּלof Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהwentיְהִיfrom Asherמֵאָשֵׁרto Michmethath,הַמִּכְמְתָתwhichאֲשֶׁרiseastעַל פְּנֵיof Shechem;שְׁכֶםand the borderוְ הַגְּבוּלwentהָלַךְtoאֶלthe south,הַיָּמִיןtoאֶלthe inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof En-tappuah.עֵין תַּפּוּחַ
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appearsManasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appearsAsher
Asher, a son of Jacob and Zilpah; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name sounds like "happy".
Where else “asher” appearsMichmethath
Michmethath: a place on the border between Ephraim and Manasseh, facing Shechem.
Where else “michmtat” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsShechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halach” appearssouth
The south side, which lies to the right of one facing east.
Where else “yamin” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appearsEn-tappuah
En-tappuah: a spring and town on the border of Manasseh. The name means "spring of the apple tree."
Where else “en” appears“To the south” is literally “to the right”: facing east, the right is the south.
Shechem
Today: Tell Balata ruins, near Nablus, West Bank
A city in the hills of central Israel, between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, about 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem.
Abram came there when he entered Canaan, and God promised him the land (Gen 12:6-7). Joshua gathered all Israel there to renew the covenant (Josh 24:1).
6because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons; and the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
7 · This verse (above)
8The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the sons of Ephraim.
