And the borderוּ הַגְּבוּלtouchedפָגַעTabor,בְּתָבוֹרShahazimah,וְשַׁחֲצִימָהand Beth-shemesh,וּבֵית שֶׁמֶשׁand the endsוְ תֹּצְאוֹתof their borderגְּבוּלָםwereהָיוּat the Jordan:הַיַּרְדֵּןsixteenשֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵהcitiesעָרִיםwith their villages.וְחַצְרֵיהֶן
Joshua 19:22
Study it in the app“And the border touched Tabor, Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh, and the ends of their border were at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 19:22, word by word
- And the borderגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- touchedפָגַעfaga
reach
To reach a certain point, like the border of a tribe.
Where else “faga” appears- Taborתָבוֹרtavor
Tabor
See it on the mapWhere else “tavor” appears- Shahazimahשַׁחֲצִימָshachatsima
Shahazimah
Shahazimah: a place on the border of Issachar.
Where else “shachatsima” appears- and Beth-shemeshבֵיתvet
Beth-shemesh
Beth-shemesh: a town on the border of Judah, in the Shephelah. The name means "house of the sun."
Where else “vet” appears- and the endsתֹּצְאוֹתtotsot
end
The point where a border stops.
Where else “totsot” appears- wereהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- at the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- sixteenשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- sixteenעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- with their villagesחַצְרֵיchatsre
village
A group of houses without a wall, in the countryside.
Where else “chatsre” appears
Places in this verse
1Tabor
Today: Mount Tabor, Lower Galilee, Israel
An isolated mountain in northern Israel at the edge of the Jezreel Valley, about 11 miles (17 km) west of the Sea of Galilee.
Barak gathered ten thousand men there and, with Deborah, defeated Sisera (Judg 4:6, 14).
2Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
21Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez.
22 · This verse (above)
23This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar according to their families: the cities with their villages.