Joshua 15:2
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Its beginning was from the top of the most salt sea, and from the bay thereof, that looketh to the south.

Joshua 15:1
Now the lot of the children of Juda by their kindreds was this: From the frontier of Edom, to the desert of Sin southward, and to the uttermost part of the south coast.

Joshua 15:3
And it goeth out towards the ascent of the Scorpion, and passeth on to Sina: and ascendeth into Cadesbarne, and reacheth into Esron, going up to Addar, and compassing Carcaa.

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Its beginning was from the top of the most salt sea, and from the bay thereof, that looketh to the south.

the salt sea

Joshua 3:16 The waters that came down from above stood in one place, and swelling up like a mountain, were seen afar off, from the city that is called Adom, to the place of Sarthan: but those that were beneath, ran down into the sea of the wilderness, (which now is called the Dead Sea) until they wholly failed.

Genesis 14:3 All these came together into the woodland vale, which now is the salt sea.

Numbers 34:3 The south side shall begin from the wilderness of Sin, which is by Edom: and shall have the most salt sea for its furthest limits eastward:

Ezekiel 47:8,18 And he said to me: These waters that issue forth toward the hillocks of sand to the east, and go down to the plains of the desert, shall go into the sea, and shall go out, and the waters shall be healed. . . .

bay [heb] tongue

Isaiah 11:15 And the Lord shall lay waste the tongue of the sea of Egypt, and shall lift up his hand over the river in the strength of his spirit: and he shall strike it in the seven streams, so that men may pass through it in their shoes.

Context
Judah's Inheritance
1Now the lot of the children of Juda by their kindreds was this: From the frontier of Edom, to the desert of Sin southward, and to the uttermost part of the south coast. 2Its beginning was from the top of the most salt sea, and from the bay thereof, that looketh to the south.3And it goeth out towards the ascent of the Scorpion, and passeth on to Sina: and ascendeth into Cadesbarne, and reacheth into Esron, going up to Addar, and compassing Carcaa.…
Lexicon
Their
לָהֶם֙ (lā·hem)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

southern
נֶ֔גֶב (ne·ḡeḇ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5045: South country, the Negeb, south

border
גְּב֣וּל (gə·ḇūl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1366: A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed

started
וַיְהִ֤י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

at the bay
הַלָּשֹׁ֖ן (hal·lā·šōn)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3956: The tongue

on
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

the southern
נֶֽגְבָּה׃ (neḡ·bāh)
Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5045: South country, the Negeb, south

tip
מִקְצֵ֖ה (miq·ṣêh)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7097: End, extremity

of the Salt Sea,
יָ֣ם (yām)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin


Additional Translations
Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looks southward:

And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looketh southward;

And their borders were from the south as far as a part of the salt sea from the high country that extends southward.

And their southern border was from the end of the salt sea, from the tongue that turns southward;

And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looked southward:

And their south border was from the shore of the salt-sea, from the bay that looketh southward:

Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;

and to them the south border is at the extremity of the salt sea, from the bay which is looking southward;
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