And the borderוְ הַגְּבוּלbentתָאַרand turnedוְנָסַבon the west sideלִפְאַת יָםsouthwardנֶגְבָּהfromמִןthe hillהָהָרthatאֲשֶׁרliesover againstעַל פְּנֵיBeth-horonבֵית חֹרוֹןon the south,נֶגְבָּהand its endsוְ תֹצְאֹתָיוwereהָיוּatאֶלKiriath-baalקִרְיַת בַּעַל(thatהִיאisKiriath-jearim),קִרְיַת יְעָרִיםa cityעִירof the sonsבְּנֵיof Judah.יְהוּדָהThisזֹאתwasthe westיָםside.פְּאַת
Joshua 18:14
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 18:14, word by word
- And the borderגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- bentתָאַרtaar
bend
To turn, like a border changing direction.
Where else “taar” appears- and turnedנָסַבnasav
turn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “nasav” appears- on the west sideפְאַתfeat
side
Each of the sides of something, named for its direction, like the north side.
Where else “feat” appears- on the west sideיָםyam
west
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yam” appears- southwardנֶגְבָּnegba
south
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negba” appears- the hillהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- over againstפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” 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- 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- Kiriath-baalקִרְיַתkiryat
Kiriath-baal
Kiriath-baal: another name of Kiriath-jearim. It means "city of Baal."
Where else “kiryat” appears- Kiriath-jearim)קִרְיַתkiryat
Kiriath-jearim
Kiriath-jearim: a city of the Gibeonites, later of Judah. The name means "city of the forests."
Where else “kiryat” appears- a cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- 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.
Where else “yehuda” appears
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;