King James Version
Joshua 19:10 in the King James Version says “And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance w...” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:”
Joshua 19:10 · KJV
And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.
And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
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“came up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“lot”
H1486properly, a pebble, i.e., a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
“And the third”
H7992third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
“for 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
“according to their families”
H4940a family, i.e., circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“and the border”
H1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
“of their inheritance”
H5159properly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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