Numbers 34:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And for the western border, ye shall have the great sea and the border [thereof]: this shall be your west border.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּגְב֣וּל יָ֔ם וְהָיָ֥ה לָכֶ֛ם הַיָּ֥ם הַגָּד֖וֹל וּגְב֑וּל זֶֽה־יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם גְּב֥וּל יָֽם׃

Transliteration

û-gəbûl yām wə-hāyâ lākem ha-yām ha-gādôl û-gəbûl zeh-yihyeh lākem gəbûl yām

Grammar Details

*û-gəbûl*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and border
*yām*: noun, masculine singular - sea/west
*wə-hāyâ*: waw consecutive + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it shall be
*lākem*: preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - for you
*ha-yām*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the sea
*ha-gādôl*: definite article + adjective, masculine singular - the great
*zeh-yihyeh*: demonstrative pronoun + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - this shall be
*gəbûl*: noun, masculine singular - border

Word Meanings

*gəbûl*: border/boundary/territory
*yām*: sea/west/westward
*ha-yām ha-gādôl*: the Great Sea/the Mediterranean

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Referenced Verses

Josh 1:4 : 4 From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.
Josh 9:1 : 1 And it came to pass, when all the kings that were beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
Josh 15:12 : 12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the border [thereof]. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
Josh 15:47 : 47 Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border [thereof].
Josh 23:4 : 4 Behold, I have allotted unto you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun.
Ezek 47:10 : 10 And it shall come to pass, that fishers shall stand by it: from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim shall be a place for the spreading of nets; their fish shall be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
Ezek 47:15 : 15 And this shall be the border of the land: On the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, unto the entrance of Zedad;
Ezek 47:20 : 20 And the west side shall be the great sea, from the [south] border as far as over against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Num 34:7-12
6 verses
89%
7And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall mark out for you mount Hor;
8from mount Hor ye shall mark out unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad;
9and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.
10And ye shall mark out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham;
11and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;
12and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about.
Ezek 47:17-21
5 verses
87%
17And the border from the sea, shall be Hazar-enon at the border of Damascus; and on the north northward is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.
18And the east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the [north] border unto the east sea shall ye measure. This is the east side.
19And the south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth - kadesh, to the brook [of Egypt], unto the great sea. This is the south side southward.
20And the west side shall be the great sea, from the [south] border as far as over against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.
21So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
Num 34:2-5
4 verses
85%
2Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to the borders thereof),
3then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward;
4and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out thereof shall be southward of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon;
5and the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the sea.
Josh 15:10-12
3 verses
82%
10and the border turned about from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;
11and the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
12And the west border was to the great sea, and the border [thereof]. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
Josh 15:2-5
4 verses
81%
2And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looketh southward;
3and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;
4and it passed along to Azmon, and went out at the brook of Egypt; and the goings out of the border were at the sea: this shall be your south border.
5And the east border was the Salt Sea, even unto the end of the Jordan. And the border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan;
Ezek 47:15
80%
15And this shall be the border of the land: On the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, unto the entrance of Zedad;
Josh 1:4
79%
4From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.
Deut 34:2
77%
2and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the hinder sea,
Exod 23:31
75%
31And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
Ezek 48:27-28
2 verses
75%
27And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad, one [portion].
28And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of Meribath - kadesh, to the brook [of Egypt], unto the great sea.
Josh 19:34
73%
34and the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from thence to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrising.
Josh 23:4
73%
4Behold, I have allotted unto you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun.
Deut 3:17
72%
17the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border [thereof], from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
Josh 18:19
72%
19and the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south border.
Deut 11:24
72%
24Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the hinder sea shall be your border.
Ezek 48:3-7
5 verses
71%
3And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, Naphtali, one [portion].
4And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, Manasseh, one [portion].
5And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, Ephraim, one [portion].
6And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, Reuben, one [portion].
7And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, Judah, one [portion].
Josh 16:6
71%
6and the border went out westward at Michmethath on the north; and the border turned about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah;
Josh 17:10
71%
10southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea was his border; and they reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east.
Josh 13:4
71%
4on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongeth to the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the border of the Amorites;
Josh 15:47
71%
47Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border [thereof].
Josh 18:14
71%
14And the border extended [thence], and turned about on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
Ezek 27:4
70%
4Thy borders are in the heart of the seas; thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
Josh 12:3
70%
3and the Arabah unto the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and unto the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:
Num 34:16
70%
16And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Josh 16:3
70%
3and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, unto the border of Beth-horon the nether, even unto Gezer; and the goings out thereof were at the sea.
Exod 14:22
70%
22And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Deut 1:40
69%
40But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.
2 Chr 4:10
69%
10And he set the sea on the right side [of the house] eastward, toward the south.