Joshua 16:1
And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el,
Original Language Analysis
וַיֵּצֵ֨א
fell
H3318
וַיֵּצֵ֨א
fell
Strong's:
H3318
Word #:
1 of 15
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
הַגּוֹרָ֜ל
And the lot
H1486
הַגּוֹרָ֜ל
And the lot
Strong's:
H1486
Word #:
2 of 15
properly, a pebble, i.e., a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
לִבְנֵ֤י
of the children
H1121
לִבְנֵ֤י
of the children
Strong's:
H1121
Word #:
3 of 15
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
לְמֵ֥י
unto the water
H4325
לְמֵ֥י
unto the water
Strong's:
H4325
Word #:
7 of 15
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
הַמִּדְבָּ֗ר
to the wilderness
H4057
הַמִּדְבָּ֗ר
to the wilderness
Strong's:
H4057
Word #:
10 of 15
a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
עֹלֶ֧ה
that goeth up
H5927
עֹלֶ֧ה
that goeth up
Strong's:
H5927
Word #:
11 of 15
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
Cross References
Joshua 18:12And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.Joshua 8:15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
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