The Meaning of Numbers 34:9 Explained

Numbers 34:9

KJV: And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border.

YLT: and the border hath gone out to Ziphron, and its outgoings have been at Hazar-Enan; this is to you the north border.

Darby: and the border shall go to Ziphron, and shall end at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border.

ASV: and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the border  shall go on  to Ziphron,  and the goings out  of it shall be at Hazarenan:  this shall be your north  border. 

What does Numbers 34:9 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 34:1-18 - The Borders Of The Promised Land
Here are set out the borders of the Promised Land, which were never fully reached in the days of Israel's occupation, except perhaps for one brief period in Solomon's glorious reign. God's ideal for His people far exceeded their realization of it. But is it not always so! Does not His peace pass understanding? Is not His joy unspeakable and full of glory? Does not the love of Christ pass knowledge? Jesus Christ is our inheritance; let us possess our possessions. Let us follow on to know the Lord; and remember that there is an allotted space for each of us in Christ, to which no other soul has a right.
It is a great honor to be chosen to divide the lots. Year by year we ought to set forth the believer's rights in Christ, that a divine discontent may urge to higher heights and deeper experiences. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 34

1  The borders of the land
16  The names of the men who shall divide the land

What do the individual words in Numbers 34:9 mean?

and shall proceed the border to Ziphron and it shall end - at Hazar Enan This shall be your border northern
וְיָצָ֤א הַגְּבֻל֙ זִפְרֹ֔נָה וְהָי֥וּ תוֹצְאֹתָ֖יו חֲצַ֣ר עֵינָ֑ן זֶֽה־ יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם גְּב֥וּל צָפֽוֹן

וְיָצָ֤א  and  shall  proceed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
הַגְּבֻל֙  the  border 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: גְּבוּל  
Sense: border, territory.
זִפְרֹ֔נָה  to  Ziphron 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: זִפְרֹון  
Sense: a place on the north boundary of the promised land as specified by Moses.
וְהָי֥וּ  and  it  shall 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
תוֹצְאֹתָ֖יו  end 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: תֹּוצָאֹות  
Sense: outgoing, border, a going out, extremity, end, source, escape.
חֲצַ֣ר  - 
Parse:
עֵינָ֑ן  at  Hazar  Enan 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֲצַר  
Sense: a city on the northeast border of Canaan; same as 2703.
זֶֽה־  This 
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
יִהְיֶ֥ה  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לָכֶ֖ם  your 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
גְּב֥וּל  border 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: גְּבוּל  
Sense: border, territory.
צָפֽוֹן  northern 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.

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