Joshua 15:2
Strong's Lexicon
Their
לָהֶם֙ (lā·hem)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: 1) they, these, the same, who

southern
נֶ֔גֶב (ne·ḡeḇ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5045: 1) south-country, Nekeb, south 1a) south-country 1a1) region of southern Judah, boundaries not specific 1b) south

border
גְּב֣וּל (gə·ḇūl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1366: 1) border, territory 1a) border 1b) territory (enclosed within boundary) 1c) region, territory (of darkness) (fig.)

started
וַיְהִ֤י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

at the bay
הַלָּשֹׁ֖ן (hal·lā·šōn)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3956: 1) tongue 1a) tongue (of men) 1a1) tongue (literal) 1a2) tongue (organ of speech) 1b) language 1c) tongue (of animals) 1d) tongue (of fire) 1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)

הַפֹּנֶ֥ה (hap·pō·neh)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6437: 1) to turn 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn toward or from or away 1a2) to turn and do 1a3) to turn, decline (of day) 1a4) to turn toward, approach (of evening) 1a5) to turn and look, look, look back or at or after or for 1b) (Piel) to turn away, put out of the way, make clear, clear away 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to turn 1c2) to make a turn, show signs of turning, turn back 1d) (Hophal) to be turned back

on
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that

the southern
נֶֽגְבָּה׃ (neḡ·bāh)
Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5045: 1) south-country, Nekeb, south 1a) south-country 1a1) region of southern Judah, boundaries not specific 1b) south

tip
מִקְצֵ֖ה (miq·ṣêh)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7097: 1) end, extremity 1a) end, mouth, extremity 1b) border, outskirts 1c) the whole (condensed term for what is included within extremities) 1d) at the end of (a certain time)

of the Salt Sea
יָ֣ם (yām)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3220: 1) sea 1a) Mediterranean Sea 1b) Red Sea 1c) Dead Sea 1d) Sea of Galilee 1e) sea (general) 1f) mighty river (Nile) 1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court) 1h) seaward, west, westward

הַמֶּ֑לַח (ham·me·laḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4417: 1) salt

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,

Young's Literal Translation
and to them the south border is at the extremity of the salt sea, from the bay which is looking southward;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Their southern border began at the tip of the Dead Sea on the south bay

New American Standard Bible
Their south border was from the lower end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that turns to the south.

King James Bible
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Their southern boundary started from the bay at the southern end of the Dead Sea,

New Living Translation
The southern boundary began at the south bay of the Dead Sea,

English Standard Version
And their south boundary ran from the end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.

New American Standard Bible
Their south border was from the lower end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that turns to the south.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Their southern border began at the tip of the Dead Sea on the south bay

International Standard Version
then from the southern end of the Dead Sea, that is, from the bay that orients toward the Negev,

NET Bible
Their southern border started at the southern tip of the Salt Sea,

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
and to them the south border is at the extremity of the salt sea, from the bay which is looking southward;
















Cross References
Joshua 15:1
This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.

Joshua 15:3
And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:

Joshua 1:1
Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

Joshua 14:15
And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

Joshua 14:14
Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.

Joshua 15:4
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.

Joshua 15:5
And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:
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