Joshua 18:14

“And 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.”

Joshua 18:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 18:14, word by word

And the borderגְּבוּלgevul

border

The border of a land.

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bentתָאַרtaar

bend

To turn, like a border changing direction.

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and turnedנָסַבnasav

turn

To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.

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on the west sideפְאַתfeat

side

Each of the sides of something, named for its direction, like the north side.

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on the west sideיָםyam

west

Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.

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southwardנֶגְבָּnegba

south

One of the four sides of the land: the south.

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the hillהָרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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over againstפְּנֵיpene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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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."

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and its endsתֹצְאֹתָיtotsotay

end

The point where a border stops.

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wereהָיוּhayu

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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Kiriath-baalקִרְיַתkiryat

Kiriath-baal

Kiriath-baal: another name of Kiriath-jearim. It means "city of Baal."

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Kiriath-jearim)קִרְיַתkiryat

Kiriath-jearim

Kiriath-jearim: a city of the Gibeonites, later of Judah. The name means "city of the forests."

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a cityעִירir

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

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of the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda

Judah

Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.

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The context

13And 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.

14 · This verse (above)

15And the south side was from the end of Kiriath-jearim; and the border went out westward, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah;

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