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And the southוּ נֶגְבָּהsideפְאַתwasfrom the endמִקְצֵהof Kiriath-jearim;קִרְיַת יְעָרִיםand the borderוְ הַגְּבוּלwent outיָצָאwestward,יָמָּהand went outוְיָצָאtoאֶלthe springמַעְיַןof the watersמֵיof Nephtoah;נֶפְתּוֹחַ
Joshua 18:15
Study it in the app“And 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;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 18:15, word by word
- And the southנֶגְבָּnegba
south
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negba” appears- sideפְאַתfeat
side
Each of the sides of something, named for its direction, like the north side.
Where else “feat” appears- from the endקְצֵהketse
end
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appears- of Kiriath-jearimקִרְיַתkiryat
Kiriath-jearim
Kiriath-jearim: a city of the Gibeonites, later of Judah. The name means "city of the forests."
Where else “kiryat” appears- and the borderגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- went outיָצָאyatsa
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appears- westwardיָמָּyama
west
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yama” appears- the springמַעְיַןmayan
spring, fountain
Spring, fountain of water; figuratively, a source.
Where else “mayan” appears- of the watersמֵיme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appears- of Nephtoahנֶפְתּוֹחַneftoach
Nephtoah
Nephtoah: a spring on the border between Judah and Benjamin. The name means "opened."
Where else “neftoach” appears
The context
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.
15 · This verse (above)
16and the border went down to the end of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Ben-hinnom, which is in the Valley of Rephaim to the north; and it went down by the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite on the south, and went down to En-rogel;