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And the borderוְ הַגְּבוּלshall turnנָסַבfrom Azmonמֵעַצְמוֹןto the brookנַחְלָהof Egypt,מִצְרָיִםand it shall endוְהָיוּ תוֹצְאֹתָיוat the sea.הַיָּמָּה
Numbers 34:5
Study it in the app“And the border shall turn from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the sea.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 34:5, 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- from Azmonעַצְמוֹןatsmon
Azmon
Azmon, a place on the southern border of Canaan.
Where else “atsmon” appears- to the brookנַחְלָnachla
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachla” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” 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 seaיָּמָּyama
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yama” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
4And 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6And as the western border you shall have the Great Sea and its coast; this shall be your western border.