King James Version

Joshua 15:2

And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:

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וַיְהִ֤יvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to 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.לָהֶם֙lahemtoלָהֶם֙preposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toגְּב֣וּלgevulborderגְּבוּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “border”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1366properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosedborder, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.נֶ֔גֶבnegevsouthנֶגֶבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “south”, the ordinary formH5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)south (country, side, -ward).מִקְצֵ֖הmiqtsehfrom borderקָצֶהpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “from border”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7097an extremity[idiom] after, border, brim, brink, edge, end, (in-) finite, frontier, outmost coast, quarter, shore, (out-) side, [idiom] some, ut(-ter-) most (part).יָ֣םyamseaיָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “sea”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3220a 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 southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).הַמֶּ֑לַחhamelachthe saltמֶלַחdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the salt”, the ordinary formH4417properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)salt(-pit).מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הַלָּשֹׁ֖ןhalashonthe tongueלָשׁוֹןdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the tongue”, the ordinary formH3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)[phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.הַפֹּנֶ֥הhaponehthe appearפָּנָהdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the appear”, a verb used as a describing wordH6437to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, [idiom] corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), [idiom] right (early).נֶֽגְבָּהnegbahsouthנֶגֶבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute, directional ending — “south”, the ordinary formH5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)south (country, side, -ward).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looked southward.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looketh southward;

Young’s Literal Translation

and to them the south border is at the extremity of the salt sea, from the bay which is looking southward;

World English Bible

Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;

Darby Translation

And their southern border was from the end of the salt sea, from the tongue that turns southward;

Douay-Rheims

Its beginning was from the top of the most salt sea, and from the bay thereof, that looketh to the south.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looked southward.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And their borders were from the south as far as a part of the salt sea from the high country that extends southward.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐγενήθη αὐτῶν τὰ ὅρια ἀπὸ Λιβὸς ἕως μέρους θαλάσσης τῆς ἁλυκῆς ἀπὸ τῆς λοφιᾶς τῆς φερούσης ἐπὶ Λίβα.