Joshua 19:22

“And the border touched Tabor, Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh, and the ends of their border were at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.”

Joshua 19:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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
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

JerusalemSea of GalileeTaborJordan
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Judges 4:6Judges 4:14Psalms 89:12

  • 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).

    Joshua 3:172 Kings 5:14Matthew 3:13Mark 1:9

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.

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