And from thereוְ מִשָּׁםthe borderהַגְּבוּלpassed alongעָבַרto Luz,לוּזָהtoאֶלthe slopeכֶּתֶףof Luzלוּזָהon the southנֶגְבָּה(thatהִיאisBethel);בֵּית אֵלand the borderוְ הַגְּבוּלwent downיָרַדto Ataroth-addar,עַטְרוֹת אַדָּרonעַלthe hillהָהָרthatאֲשֶׁרissouthמִנֶּגֶבof LowerתַּחְתּוֹןBeth-horon.לְבֵית חֹרוֹן
Joshua 18:13
Study it in the app“And from there the border passed along to Luz, to the slope of Luz on the south (that is Bethel); and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, on the hill that is south of Lower Beth-horon.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 18:13, word by word
- the borderגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- passed alongעָבַרavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appears- to Luzלוּזָluza
Luz
Luz, the old name of the town of Bethel; also another town.
Where else “luza” appears- the slopeכֶּתֶףketef
side
The side part of something: the flank of a house or hill.
Where else “ketef” appears- on the southנֶגְבָּnegba
south
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negba” appears- Bethel)בֵּיתbet
Bethel
See it on the mapWhere else “bet” 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 Ataroth-addarעַטְרוֹתatrot
Ataroth-addar
Ataroth-addar: a place on the border between Ephraim and Benjamin.
Where else “atrot” appears- the hillהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- of Lowerתַּחְתּוֹןtachton
lower
From below, lower.
Where else “tachton” appears- Beth-horonבֵיתvet
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 “vet” appears
Places in this verse
Bethel ?
Today: possibly Beitin, West Bank
A city in the hills about 11 miles (17 km) north of Jerusalem; the location is approximate.
There Jacob dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven and named the place Bethel, "house of God" (Gen 28:19). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
The context
12And their border on the north side was from the Jordan, and the border went up to the slope of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward, and its ends were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
13 · This verse (above)
14And the border bent and turned on the west side southward from the hill that lies over against Beth-horon on the south, and its ends were at Kiriath-baal (that is Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the west side.