And the borderוְ הַגְּבוּלwent downיָרַדto the Brookנַחַלof Kanah,קָנָהsouthנֶגְבָּהof the brook.לַנַּחַלTheseהָאֵלֶּהcitiesעָרִיםbelongedto Ephraimלְאֶפְרַיִםamongבְּתוֹךְthe citiesעָרֵיof Manasseh.מְנַשֶּׁהAnd the borderוּגְבוּלof Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהwason the northמִצְּפוֹןof the brook,לַנַּחַלand its endsוַ תֹצְאֹתָיוwereיְהִיat the sea.הַיָּמָּה
Joshua 17:9
Study it in the app“And the border went down to the Brook of Kanah, south of the brook. These cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh. And the border of Manasseh was on the north of the brook, and its ends were at the sea.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 17:9, word by word
- And the borderגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- 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- 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- southנֶגְבָּnegba
south
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negba” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- to 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- amongתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashe
Manasseh
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” appears- on the northצְּפוֹןtsefon
north
North.
Where else “tsefon” appears- and its endsתֹצְאֹתָיtotsotay
end
The point where a border stops.
Where else “totsotay” appears- wereיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- at the seaיָּמָּyama
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yama” appears
The context
8The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the sons of Ephraim.
9 · This verse (above)
10The south was Ephraim’s and the north Manasseh’s, and the sea was its border; and they reached Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.