Joshua 17:10
WEB
Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea was his border. They reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east.
BSB
Ephraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s was to the north, having the Sea as its border and adjoining Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.
KJV
Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H5045
n-m — south, Negeb, Egypt
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be parched;
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
KJV: south (country, side, -ward).
n.[m.] — south-country
נֶ֫גֶב n.[m.] south-country, Negeb, south
H669
n-pr-m — Ephrajim
Derivation: dual of masculine form of 672; double fruit;
Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV: Ephraim, Ephraimites.
n.pr.m — Ephraim
אֶפְרַ֫יִם n.pr.m. Ephraim
H6828
n-f — hidden, dark, north
Derivation: or צָפֹן; from 6845;
properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
KJV: north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).
n.f — north
צָפוֹן 153 n.f. north (as the hidden, dark)
H4519
n-pr-m — Menashsheh
Derivation: from 5382; causing to forget;
Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV: Manasseh.
n.pr.m — Manasseh
מְנַשֶּׁה 136 n.pr.m. et trib. Manasseh
1.
a. Manasseh, eldest son of Joseph
b. of tribe
2. son of Hezekiah
3. two who had taken strange wives
H1961
v — exist, be, become, come to pass
Derivation: a primitive root (compare 1933);
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
KJV: beacon, × altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, follow, happen, × have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, × use.
vb — fall out
הָיָה 3570 vb. fall out, come to pass, become, be
Qal
I.
1.
a. Fall out, happen
b. occur, take place, come about, come to pass
2. esp. & very oft., come about, come to pass
a.
(1). וַיְהִי and it came to pass that, most often (c. 292 t.)
(2). rarely also Pf. c. וְ conj. וְהָיָה
b. less oft. וְהָיָה Pf. consec. and it shall come to pass, or frequentat. came to pass (repeatedly, etc.)
II. Come into being, become
1.
a. abs., in lively narrative, arise, appear, come
b. sq. prep.
2. become
a. sq. pred. noun (to be viewed as implicit accus.)
b. sq. pred. adj.
c. become like
d. sq. pred. לְ pers.
e. sq. לְ pred.
f. oft. c. לְ pred. לְ pers.
g. with עַל and לְ
h. sts. c. לְ pers. only = became the property of, come into the possession of
III. Be (often with subbordinate idea of becoming)
1. exist, be in existence
2. abide, remain, continue
3. with word of locality, be in or at a place, be situated, stand, lie
4. as copula, joining subj. & pred.
5. periphrastic conjug.
Niph.
1. either be done, be brought about, or occur, come to pass
2. be done, finished, gone
H3220
n-m — sea, large body of water, Mediterranean Sea, large river, artifical basin, west, south
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to roar;
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV: sea (× -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
n.m — sea
יָם 390 n.m. sea
H1366
n-m — cord, twisted, boundary, territory
Derivation: or גְּבֻל; (shortened) from 1379;
properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
KJV: border, bound, coast, × great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
n.m — border
גְּבוּל 240 n.m. border, boundary, territory
1. border, boundary
2. territory (enclosed within boundary)
H836
n-pr — Asher
Derivation: from 833, happy;
Asher, a son of Jacob, and the tribe descended from him, with its territory; also a place in Palestine
KJV: Asher
n.pr.m — Asher
אָשֵׁר n.pr.m. Asher (happy one, Felix)
1. son of Jacob and Zilpah
2. the tribe
3. n.pr.loc. city E. of Shechem
H6293
v — impinge
Derivation: a primitive root;
to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity
KJV: come (betwixt), cause to entreat, fall (upon), make intercession, intercessor, intreat, lay, light (upon), meet (together), pray, reach, run.
vb — meet
פָּגַע vb. meet, encounter, reach
Qal
1. meet, light upon
2. meet, with kindness
3. encounter with hostility, fall upon
4. encounter with request, entreat
5. strike, touch, of boundary
Hiph.
1. cause to light upon
2. cause one (acc.) to entreat
3. make entreaty; more gen. interpose
4. encounter with request, entreat
5. make attack
H3485
n-pr — Jissaskar
Derivation: (strictly yis-saws-kawr'); from 5375 and 7939; he will bring a reward;
Jissaskar, a son of Jacob
KJV: Issachar.
n.pr.m — Issachar
יִשָּׂשכָר 43 n.pr.m. Issachar
H4217
n-m — sunrise, east
Derivation: from 2224;
sunrise, i.e. the east
KJV: east (side, -ward), (sun-) rising (of the sun).
n.[m.] — place of sunrise
מִזְרָח n.[m.] place of sunrise, east
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Verses 7–13
Joshua 17:7–13
We have here a short account of the lot of this half tribe. It reached from Jordan on the east to the great sea on the west; on the south it lay all along contiguous to Ephraim, but on the north it abutted upon Asher and Issachar. Asher lay north-west, and Issachar north-east, which seems to be the meaning of that (Jos 17:10), that they (that is, Manasseh and Ephraim, as related to it, both together making the tribe of Joseph) met in Asher on the north and Issachar on the east, for Ephraim itself reached not those tribes. Some things are particularly observed concerning this lot: - 1. That there was great communication between this tribe and that of Ephraim. The city of Tappuah belonged to Ephraim, but the country adjoining to Manasseh (Jos 17:8); there were likewise many cities of Ephraim that lay within the border of Manasseh (Jos 17:9), of which before, Jos 16:9. 2. That Manasseh likewise had cities with their appurtenances in the tribes of Issachar and Asher (Jos 17:11), God so ordering it, that though every tribe had its peculiar inheritance, which might not be alienated from it, yet they should thus intermix one with another, to keep up mutual acquaintance and correspondence among the tribes, and to give occasion for the doing of good offices one to another, as became those who, though of different tribes, were all one Israel, and were bound to love as brethren. 3. That they suffered the Canaanites to live among them, contrary to the command of God, serving their own ends by conniving at them, for they made them tributaries, Jos 17:12, Jos 17:13. The Ephraimites had done the same (Jos 16:10), and from them perhaps the Manassites learned it, and with their example excused themselves in it. The most remarkable person of this half tribe in after-time was Gideon, whose great actions were done within this lot. He was of the family of Abiezer; Cesarea was in this lot, and Antipatris, famed in the latter ages of the Jewish state.
Cross-references: Josh 17:10 · Josh 17:8 · Josh 17:9 · Josh 16:9 · Josh 17:11 · Josh 17:12 · Josh 17:13 · Josh 16:10