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Joshua 16:5

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So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.	And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was [thus]: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;	And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the border^H1366 of the children^H1121 of Ephraim^H669 according to their families^H4940 was thus: even the border^H1366 of their inheritance^H5159 on the east side^H4217 was Atarothaddar^H5853, unto Bethhoron^H1032 the upper^H5945;

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Original Hebrew

וַיְהִי גְּבוּל בְּנֵי־אֶפְרַיִם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם וַיְהִי גְּבוּל נַחֲלָתָם מִזְרָחָה עַטְרֹות אַדָּר עַד־בֵּית חֹורֹן עֶלְיֹון׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְהִ֛י	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it was
גְּב֥וּל	ge.Vul	H1366	HNcmsc	(the) territory of
בְּנֵֽי	be.nei-	H1121	HNcmpc	(the) descendants of
אֶפְרַ֖יִם	'ef.Ra.yim	H669	HNp	Ephraim
לְ/מִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑/ם	le./mish.pe.cho.Ta/m	H4940	HR/Ncfpc/Sp3mp	to/ clans/ their
וַ/יְהִ֞י	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it was
גְּב֤וּל	ge.Vul	H1366	HNcmsc	(the) border of
נַחֲלָתָ/ם֙	na.cha.la.Ta/m	H5159	HNcfsc/Sp3mp	inheritance/ their
מִזְרָ֔חָ/ה	miz.Ra.cha/h	H4217	HNcmsa/Sd	east/ -ward
עַטְר֣וֹת	at.Rot	H5853	HNp	Ataroth
אַדָּ֔ר	'a.Dar	H5853	HNp	Addar
עַד	'ad-	H5704	HR	to
בֵּ֥ית	beit	H1032	HNp	Beth
חוֹרֹ֖ן	cho.Ron	H1032	HNp	Horon
עֶלְיֽוֹן	el.Yon	H5945	HAamsa	upper

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H669 — אֶפְרַיִם (ʼEphrayim, ef-rah'-yim): dual of masculine form of אֶפְרָת; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; Ephraim, Ephraimites.
• H1032 — בֵּית חוֹרוֹן (Bêyth Chôwrôwn, bayth kho-rone'): from בַּיִת and חוֹר; house of hollowness; Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine; Beth-horon.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H1366 — גְּבוּל (gᵉbûwl, gheb-ool'): or גְּבֻל; (shortened) from גָּבַל; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed; border, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
• H4217 — מִזְרָח (mizrâch, miz-rawkh'): from זָרַח; sunrise, i.e. the east; east (side, -ward), (sun-) rising (of the sun).
• H4940 — מִשְׁפָּחָה (mishpâchâh, mish-paw-khaw'): from שָׁפָה (compare שִׁפְחָה); a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people; family, kind(-red).
• H5159 — נַחֲלָה (nachălâh, nakh-al-aw'): from נָחַל (in its usual sense); properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion; heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare נַחַל.
• H5853 — עַטְרוֹת אַדָּר (ʻAṭrôwth ʼAddâr, at-roth' ad-dawr'): from the same as עֲטָרוֹת and אַדָּר; crowns of Addar; Atroth-Addar, a place in Palestine; Ataroth-adar(-addar).
• H5945 — עֶלְיוֹן (ʻelyôwn, el-yone'): from עָלָה; an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme; (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.

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