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Allammelech,וְאַלַמֶּלֶךְAmad,וְעַמְעָדand Mishal;וּמִשְׁאָלand on the westהַיָּמָּהit touchedוּפָגַעCarmelבְּכַרְמֶלand Shihor-libnath;וּבְשִׁיחוֹר לִבְנָת
Joshua 19:26
Study it in the app“Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal; and on the west it touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 19:26, word by word
- Allammelechאַלַמֶּלֶךְalamelech
Allammelech
Allammelech: a town of Asher.
Where else “alamelech” appears- Amadעַמְעָדamad
Amad
Amad: a town of Asher.
Where else “amad” appears- and Mishalמִשְׁאָלmishal
Mishal
Mishal: a town of Asher, later a Levite city.
Where else “mishal” appears- and on the westיָּמָּyama
west
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yama” appears- it touchedפָגַעfaga
reach
To reach a certain point, like the border of a tribe.
Where else “faga” appears- Carmelכַרְמֶלcharmel
Carmel
See it on the mapWhere else “charmel” appears- and Shihor-libnathשִׁיחוֹרshichor
Shihor-libnath
Shihor-libnath: a stream on the border of Asher, near Carmel.
Where else “shichor” appears
Places in this verse
Carmel
Today: Mount Carmel, near Haifa, Israel
A mountain ridge near the Mediterranean coast in northern Israel, by present-day Haifa.
Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal there, and fire from the Lord fell (1 Kgs 18:19-38).
The context
25And their territory was Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
26 · This verse (above)
27and it turned back toward the sunrise to Beth-dagon, and touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el to the north, Beth-emek and Neiel, and went out to Cabul on the left,