and the borderוְ הַגְּבוּלturned backשָׁבto Ramah,הָרָמָהand as far asוְעַדthe fortifiedמִבְצַרcityעִירof Tyre;צֹרand the borderוְ הַגְּבוּלturned backשָׁבto Hosah,חֹסָהand its endsוְ תֹצְאֹתָיוwereהָיוּat the sea,הַיָּמָּהby the regionמֵחֶבֶלof Achzib;אַכְזִיבָה
Joshua 19:29
Study it in the app“and the border turned back to Ramah, and as far as the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned back to Hosah, and its ends were at the sea, by the region of Achzib;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 19:29, word by word
- and the borderגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- turned backשָׁבshav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shav” appears- to Ramahרָמָהrama
Ramah
See it on the mapWhere else “rama” appears- the fortifiedמִבְצַרmivtsar
fortress, fortified city
Fortress, fortified city.
Where else “mivtsar” appears- cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- of Tyreצֹרtsor
Tyre
See it on the mapWhere else “tsor” appears- to Hosahחֹסָהchosa
Hosah
Hosah: a place on the border of Asher, near Tyre; also the name of a gatekeeper (1 Chronicles 16:38).
Where else “chosa” appears- and its endsתֹצְאֹתָיtotsotay
end
The point where a border stops.
Where else “totsotay” appears- wereהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- at the seaיָּמָּyama
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yama” appears- by the regionחֶבֶלchevel
allotment
A plot measured with a rope, a portion of land.
Where else “chevel” appears- of Achzibאַכְזִיבָachziva
Achzib
Achzib: the name of two towns, one of Judah in the Shephelah and one of Asher on the coast. The name comes from "deceptive," like a brook that dries up in summer.
Where else “achziva” appears
Places in this verse
1Ramah ?
Today: possibly er-Ram, West Bank
The name of several towns; the best known was in Benjamin, about 5 miles (8 km) north of Jerusalem, and its site is not certain.
Samuel lived in Ramah (1 Sam 7:17). Jeremiah spoke of Rachel's weeping for her children heard there (Jer 31:15).
2Tyre
Today: Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Israel's present border.
Its king Hiram helped David and Solomon with timber and workers (1 Kgs 5:1). Ezekiel announced its fall (Ezek 27:2), and Jesus mentioned it when rebuking towns that did not change their minds (Matt 11:21).
The context
28and Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Great Sidon;
29 · This verse (above)
30and Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages.