King James Version
“And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising .”
Joshua 19:34 · KJV
The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising .
And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
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“turneth”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“And then the coast”
H1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e., (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
“on the west side”
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 goeth out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“and reacheth”
H6293to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity
“on the south side”
H5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the negeb or southern district of judah, occasionally, egypt (as south to palestine)
“to Asher”
H836asher, a son of jacob, and the tribe descended from him, with its territory; also a place in palestine
“and reacheth”
H6293to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity
“on the west side”
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 to Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement
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