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and their borderוְ גְבוּלָםwent upעָלָהwestwardלַיָּמָּהto Maralah,וּמַרְעֲלָהand touchedוּפָגַעDabbesheth,בְּדַבָּשֶׁתand touchedוּפָגַעthe brookאֶל הַנַּחַלthatאֲשֶׁרiseastעַל פְּנֵיof Jokneam;יָקְנְעָם
Joshua 19:11
Study it in the app“and their border went up westward to Maralah, and touched Dabbesheth, and touched the brook that is east of Jokneam;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 19:11, word by word
- and their borderגְבוּלָgevula
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevula” appears- went upעָלָהala
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appears- westwardיָּמָּyama
west
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yama” appears- to Maralahמַרְעֲלָהmarala
Maralah
Maralah: a place on the border of Zebulun.
Where else “marala” appears- and touchedפָגַעfaga
reach
To reach a certain point, like the border of a tribe.
Where else “faga” appears- Dabbeshethדַבָּשֶׁתdabashet
Dabbesheth
Dabbesheth: a place on the border of Zebulun.
Where else “dabashet” appears- the brookנַּחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- eastפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- of Jokneamיָקְנְעָםyaknam
Jokneam
Jokneam: a city at the foot of Mount Carmel.
Where else “yaknam” appears
The context
10And the third lot came up for the sons of Zebulun according to their families. And the territory of their inheritance was as far as Sarid;
11 · This verse (above)
12and it turned back from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise to the border of Chisloth-tabor, and went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia;