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and the borderוְ הַגְּבוּלshall go downיָרַדto the Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּנָהand it shall endוְהָיוּ תוֹצְאֹתָיוat the SaltהַמֶּלַחSea.יָםThisזֹאתshall beתִּהְיֶהyourלָכֶםlandהָאָרֶץby its bordersלִגְבֻלֹתֶיהָall around.”סָבִיב
Numbers 34:12
Study it in the app“and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and it shall end at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land by its borders all around.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 34:12, word by word
- and the borderגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- shall go downיָרַדyarad
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yarad” appears- to the Jordanיַּרְדֵּנָyardena
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yardena” appears- and it shall endהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- and it shall endתוֹצְאֹתָיtotsotay
end
The point where a border stops.
Where else “totsotay” appears- at the Saltמֶּלַחmelach
salt
Salt. "The Salt Sea" is the Dead Sea.
Where else “melach” appears- Seaיָםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- by its bordersגְבֻלֹתֶיgevulote
border, territory
Territory, border: the limit of a land and the region it encloses.
Where else “gevulote” appears- all aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
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
11and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east of Ain; and the border shall go down and reach the slope of the Sea of Chinnereth on the east;
12 · This verse (above)
13Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the land that you shall take as inheritance by lot, which YHWH has commanded to give to the nine tribes and the half tribe.