What Does Joshua 13:27 Mean in the King James?

And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

Joshua 13:27 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

The Jordan’s name is linked to “descend,” making the river’s downward course part of the boundary that gives this territory its shape.

THE MEANING

This verse makes a portion tangible as a valley, named settlements, a river boundary, and a sea’s edge. What belongs within it takes shape through the exact places where it reaches its limit.

THE ROOT

יַרְדֵּן

Yarden

GROWS FROM

ירד

To descend, go down

“Jordan” in this verse is Yarden. The name Yarden is commonly connected to the root yarad, “to descend.” Here the river is named among the boundary landmarks, so the word’s downward movement and the territory’s edge meet in one name.

ALSO GROWS

yārad: To descend, go down

יָרַד

This is the root verb linked to the Jordan’s name and makes the river’s downward course audible within the place-name.

hōrīd: To bring down

הוֹרִיד

This causative form carries the same movement downward, extending the root’s sense from descending to causing something to descend.

THE PATTERN

A portion becomes legible through the named lines and landmarks that define its reach.

And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.

Numbers 34:12 · KJVThe land’s extent is made visible through a boundary traced to the Jordan and the sea.

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Psalm 16:6 · KJVThe lines mark the shape of a heritage and make its portion recognizable.

And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

Acts 17:26 · KJVThe bounds of habitation give human dwelling a defined place and reach.

THE THREAD

And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.

Joshua 13:23 · KJV

Both verses name the Jordan as a boundary of an allotted territory. Its name is linked to yarad, “descend”; here the descending river gives the portion a legible edge.

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