Numbers 34:5
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea."
Word-by-Word Analysis
גְּבוּל
gᵉbûwl
properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
סָבַב
çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
עַצְמוֹן
ʻAtsmôwn
Atsmon, a place near Palestine
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
יָם
yâm
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 artif...
Key Terms in This Verse
סָבַב çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
Study H5437 →גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl
properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
Study H1366 →נַחַל nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Study H5158 →יָם yâm
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 sou...
Study H3220 →Cross References
From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even f...
Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
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