King James Version
Joshua 15:2 in the King James Version says “And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: bay: Heb. tongue” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: bay: Heb. tongue”
Joshua 15:2 · KJV
This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: bay: Heb. tongue
And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: Maalehacrebbim: or, the going up to Acrabbim
From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“border”
H1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
“And their south”
H5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the negeb or southern district of judah, occasionally, egypt (as south to palestine)
“sea”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
“of the salt”
H4417properly, powder, i.e., (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
“from the bay”
H3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
“And their south”
H5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the negeb or southern district of judah, occasionally, egypt (as south to palestine)
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