King James Version
Joshua 13:25 in the King James Version says “And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is ...” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;”
Joshua 13:25 · KJV
And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.
And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And their coast”
H1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and all the cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“of Gilead”
H1568gilad, a region east of the jordan; also the name of three israelites
“of the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“that is before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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