The Meaning of Joshua 18:18 Explained

Joshua 18:18

KJV: And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:

YLT: and passed over unto the side over-against Arabah northward, and gone down to Arabah;

Darby: and passed along towards the side opposite to Arabah northwards, and went down to Arabah;

ASV: and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And passed along  toward the side  over against  Arabah  northward,  and went down  unto Arabah: 

What does Joshua 18:18 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Joshua 18

1  The tabernacle is set up at Shiloh
2  The remainder of the land is described, and divided into seven parts
10  Joshua distributes it by lot
11  The lot and border of Benjamin
21  Their cities

What do the individual words in Joshua 18:18 mean?

and it passed along toward the side of Arabah north and went down to Arabah
וְעָבַ֛ר אֶל־ כֶּ֥תֶף מוּל־ הָֽעֲרָבָ֖ה צָפ֑וֹנָה וְיָרַ֖ד הָעֲרָבָֽתָה

וְעָבַ֛ר  and  it  passed  along 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
אֶל־  toward 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
כֶּ֥תֶף  the  side 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: כָּתֵף  
Sense: shoulder, shoulder-blade, side, slope.
הָֽעֲרָבָ֖ה  Arabah 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֲרָבָה  
Sense: desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness.
צָפ֑וֹנָה  north 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.
וְיָרַ֖ד  and  went  down 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָרַד  
Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
הָעֲרָבָֽתָה  to  Arabah 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: עֲרָבָה  
Sense: desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness.

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