Numbers 35:5
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
יָם
the west
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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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קֶדֶם
east/ -ward
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קֶדֶם
the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
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נֶגֶב
the south
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נֶגֶב
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
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מִגְרָשׁ
the pasture lands of
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מִגְרָשׁ
a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around abuilding, or the margin of the sea
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צָפוֹן
the north
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צָפוֹן
properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
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פֵּאָה
the side of
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פֵּאָה
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
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