Joshua 16:8
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.”
מַטֶּה
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)
יָם
west/ -ward
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יָם
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
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נַחֲלָה
was the inheritance of
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נַחֲלָה
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
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בֵּן
the descendants of
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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נַחַל
the wadi of
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נַחַל
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
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תּוֹצָאָה
extremities/ its
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תּוֹצָאָה
(only in plural collective) exit, i.e. (geographical) boundary, or (figuratively) deliverance, (actively) source
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הָלַךְ
it goes
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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קָנָה
Kanah
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קָנָה
Kanah, the name of a stream and of a place in Palestine
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