Joshua

Joshua 16:3

³Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.^b

Footnotes

b 16:3 That is, the Mediterranean Sea, also called the Great Sea; also in verses 6 and 8

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then it descended	וְיָֽרַד־	wə·yā·raḏ-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H3381 come or go down, descend
westward	יָ֜מָּה	yām·māh	Noun - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H3220 sea
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the border	גְּב֣וּל	gə·ḇūl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1366 border, boundary, territory
of the Japhletites	הַיַּפְלֵטִ֗י	hay·yap̄·lê·ṭî	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3311 Japhletite
as	עַ֣ד	‘aḏ	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
far as the border	גְּב֧וּל	gə·ḇūl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1366 border, boundary, territory
of	בֵּית־	bêṯ-	Preposition	H1032 Beth-Choron
Lower	תַּחְתּ֖וֹן	taḥ·tō·wn	Adjective - masculine singular	H8481 lower, lowest
Beth-horon	חוֹרֹ֛ן	ḥō·w·rōn	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1032 Beth-Choron
and on to	וְעַד־	wə·‘aḏ-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
Gezer	גָּ֑זֶר	gā·zer	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1507 Gezer
and it ended	וְהָי֥וּ	wə·hā·yū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
at the Sea	יָֽמָּה׃	yām·māh	Noun - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H3220 sea

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.