Joshua 15:2
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And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,
In other translations
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,
Hebrew words
וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961לָהֶםlahemto <the> themגְּבוּלgevulborder ofH1366נֶגֶבnegev[the] southH5045מִקְצֵהmiktzehfrom [the] end ofH7097יָםyam[the] Sea ofH3220הַמֶּלַחhamelach<the> SaltH4417מִן־min-fromH4480הַלָּשֹׁןhalashonthe bayH3956הַפֹּנֶהhaponehwhich facesH6437נֶגְבָּה׃negbah[the] south towardsH5045
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Isaiah 11:15And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.
- Genesis 14:3All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
- Ezekiel 47:8Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.And he said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah. When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh.
- Ezekiel 47:18And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.On the east side the border will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Eastern Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.
- Joshua 3:16That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
- Numbers 34:3Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,
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People and places
Places: Salt Sea