King James Version
Joshua 18:15 in the King James Version says “And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well o...” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:”
Joshua 18:15 · KJV
And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,
And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
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“quarter”
H6285properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e., direction, region, extremity
“And the south”
H5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the negeb or southern district of judah, occasionally, egypt (as south to palestine)
“and went out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“and the border”
H1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
“on the west”
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
“and went out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“to the well”
H4599a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
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