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Joshua 15

Jos. 15:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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This then was the lot
gowral (Hebrew #1486)
from an unused root meaning to be rough (as stone); properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
KJV usage: lot.
Pronounce: go-rawl'
Origin: or (shortened) goral {go-ral'}
a of the tribe
matteh (Hebrew #4294)
from 5186; a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)
KJV usage: rod, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: mat-teh'
Origin: or (feminine) mattah {mat-taw'}
of the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
by their families
mishpachah (Hebrew #4940)
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extens. a tribe or people
KJV usage: family, kind(-red).
Pronounce: mish-paw-khaw'
Origin: from 8192 (compare 8198)
; evenc to the border
gbuwl (Hebrew #1366)
from 1379; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extens. the territory inclosed
KJV usage: border, bound, coast, X great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
Pronounce: gheb-ool'
Origin: or (shortened) gbul {gheb-ool'}
of Edom
'Edom (Hebrew #123)
from 122; red (see Gen. 25:25); Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
KJV usage: Edom, Edomites, Idumea.
Pronounce: ed-ome'
Origin: or (fully) oEdowm {ed-ome'}
the wilderness
midbar (Hebrew #4057)
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
KJV usage: desert, south, speech, wilderness.
Pronounce: mid-bawr'
Origin: from 1696 in the sense of driving
of Zin
Tsin (Hebrew #6790)
a crag; Tsin, a part of the Desert
KJV usage: Zin.
Pronounce: tseen
Origin: from an unused root meaning to prick
southward
negeb (Hebrew #5045)
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
KJV usage: south (country, side, -ward).
Pronounce: neh'-gheb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be parched
was the uttermost part
qatseh (Hebrew #7097)
from 7096; an extremity (used in a great variety of applications and idioms; compare 7093)
KJV usage: X after, border, brim, brink, edge, end, (in-)finite, frontier, outmost coast, quarter, shore, (out-)side, X some, ut(-ter-)most (part).
Pronounce: kaw-tseh'
Origin: or (negative only) qetseh {kay'-tseh}
of the south coast
teyman (Hebrew #8486)
denominative from 3225; the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east)
KJV usage: south (side, -ward, wind).
Pronounce: tay-mawn'
Origin: or teman {tay-mawn'}
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Nm. 26:55• 55Empero la tierra será repartida por suerte; y por los nombres de las tribus de sus padres heredarán. (Nm. 26:55)
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Nm. 34:3‑5• 3Tendréis el lado del mediodía desde el desierto de Zin hasta los términos de Edom; y os será el término del mediodía al extremo del mar salado hacia el oriente:
 4Y este término os irá rodeando desde el mediodía hasta la subida de Acrabbim, y pasará hasta Zin; y sus salidas serán del mediodía á Cades-barnea; y saldrá á Hasar-addar, y pasará hasta Asmón;
 5Y rodeará este término, desde Asmón hasta el torrente de Egipto, y sus remates serán al occidente. (Nm. 34:3‑5)

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Coast,
Edom,
Judah,
South,
Tribe,
Wilderness of Zin

Cross References

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1-12:  The borders of the lot Judah.
13-15:  Caleb's portion and conquest.
16-17:  Othniel, for his valour, hath Achsah, Caleb's daughter, to wife.
18-20:  She obtains a blessing of her father.
21-62:  The cities of Judah.
63:  The Jebusites unconquered.
A.M. 2561.
B.C. 1443.
An. Ex. Is. 48.
This then was thelot. The geography of the sacred writings presents many difficulties, occasioned by the changes which Canaan has undergone, especially for the last 2,000 years.
Many of the ancient towns and villages have had their names so totally changed that their former appellations are no longer discernible; several lie buried under their own ruins, and others have been so long destroyed that not a vestige of them remains.
On these accounts it is very difficult to ascertain the precise situation of many places mentioned in these chapters; but this cannot in any measure affect the truth of the narrative.
Jos. 14:2• 2Por suerte dióseles su heredad, como Jehová lo había mandado por Moisés, que diese á las nueve tribus y á la media tribu. (Jos. 14:2)
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Nm. 26:55‑56• 55Empero la tierra será repartida por suerte; y por los nombres de las tribus de sus padres heredarán.
 56Conforme á la suerte será repartida su heredad entre el grande y el pequeño. (Nm. 26:55‑56)
even to the.
Nm. 33:36‑37• 36Y partidos de Esion-geber, asentaron en el desierto de Zin, que es Cades.
 37Y partidos de Cades, asentaron en el monte de Hor, en la extremidad del país de Edom. (Nm. 33:36‑37)
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Nm. 34:3‑5• 3Tendréis el lado del mediodía desde el desierto de Zin hasta los términos de Edom; y os será el término del mediodía al extremo del mar salado hacia el oriente:
 4Y este término os irá rodeando desde el mediodía hasta la subida de Acrabbim, y pasará hasta Zin; y sus salidas serán del mediodía á Cades-barnea; y saldrá á Hasar-addar, y pasará hasta Asmón;
 5Y rodeará este término, desde Asmón hasta el torrente de Egipto, y sus remates serán al occidente. (Nm. 34:3‑5)
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Ez. 47:19• 19Y al lado del mediodía, hacia el mediodía, desde Tamar hasta las aguas de las rencillas; desde Cades y el arroyo hasta la gran mar: y esto será el lado austral, al mediodía. (Ez. 47:19)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was: to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin, southward, in the extreme south.