And the borderוְ הַגְּבוּלshall turnנָסַבfor youלָכֶםsouthמִנֶּגֶבof the ascentלְמַעֲלֵהof Akrabbimעַקְרַבִּיםand pass onוְעָבַרto Zin,צִנָהand it shall endוְהָיוּ תּוֹצְאֹתָיוsouthמִנֶּגֶבof Kadesh-barnea;לְקָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַand it shall go outוְיָצָאto Hazar-addarחֲצַר אַדָּרand pass onוְעָבַרto Azmon.עַצְמֹנָה
Numbers 34:4
Study it in the app“And the border shall turn for you south of the ascent of Akrabbim and pass on to Zin, and it shall end south of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall go out to Hazar-addar and pass on to Azmon.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 34:4, word by word
- And the borderגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- shall turnנָסַבnasav
turn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “nasav” appears- southנֶּגֶבnegev
south
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negev” appears- of the ascentמַעֲלֵהmaale
Akrabbim
The ascent of Akrabbim, a mountain pass on the southern border of Canaan. The name means "ascent of the scorpions."
Where else “maale” appears- and pass onעָבַרavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appears- to Zinצִנָtsina
Zin
Zin, a wilderness south of Canaan, where Kadesh lies. It is not the same as the wilderness of Sin (Exodus 16:1).
Where else “tsina” appears- and it shall endהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- and it shall endתּוֹצְאֹתָיtotsotay
end
The point where a border stops.
Where else “totsotay” appears- of Kadesh-barneaקָדֵשׁkadesh
Kadesh-barnea
See it on the mapWhere else “kadesh” appears- and it shall go outיָצָאyatsa
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appears- to Hazar-addarחֲצַרchatsar
Hazar-addar
Hazar-addar, a place on the southern border of Canaan. The name means "village of Addar."
Where else “chatsar” appears- to Azmonעַצְמֹנָatsmona
Azmon
Azmon, a place on the southern border of Canaan.
Where else “atsmona” appears
Places in this verse
Kadesh-barnea ?
Today: possibly Ain Qudeirat, Sinai/Negev border
An oasis in the desert south of Canaan; its exact site is not certain.
Moses sent the twelve spies from there (Num 13:26). Because of their unbelief, Israel wandered in the wilderness almost forty years (Deut 2:14).
The context
3Your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea on the east.
4 · This verse (above)
5And the border shall turn from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the sea.