What Does Joshua 15:7 Mean in the King James?
And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The boundary runs through the Valley of Trouble and continues by springs: trouble is located within the inheritance, not beyond its edge.
THE MEANING
The line passes from the Valley of Achor toward En-shemesh and En-rogel, two place-names built around the Hebrew word for spring. Your own terrain can hold a named trouble within its boundaries while springs still mark the way through it.
THE ROOT
עָכוֹר
ʿĀkhōr
GROWS FROM
עכר
To trouble, disturb, or bring calamity.
Achor carries the root meaning “trouble” in the name of this valley. The boundary locates that troubled place among the landmarks of the inheritance rather than erasing it.
ALSO GROWS
ʿākhar: To trouble or disturb.
עָכַר
In Joshua 7:25, this root appears when Achan is told that he has troubled Israel, giving the place-name Achor its sound and meaning.
ʿōkher: Troubler.
עֹכֵר
In 1 Kings 18:17, Elijah is called the “troubler of Israel”; the same root names disturbance as both an action and a person.
עַיִן
ʿAyin
GROWS FROM
עין
Eye; also a spring or water source, like an eye in the land.
Both En-shemesh and En-rogel begin with עַיִן, ʿayin, the Hebrew word for a spring. The same word also means “eye,” a connection English hides behind the place-names; here, springs mark the boundary twice.
ALSO GROWS
ʿayin: Eye.
עַיִן
The word’s other sense is “eye,” linking a visible opening in the body with the named opening of a water source.
ʿayin: Spring or fountain.
עַיִן
Both En-shemesh and En-rogel preserve this spring sense, anchoring the boundary to water sources.
THE PATTERN
A place marked by trouble can remain named truthfully while the story opens toward hope.
And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.THE THREAD
And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.The place-name carries its root forward: the Valley of Achor is still the Valley of Trouble, yet it becomes a door of hope. The trouble is not renamed away; the same named place marks an opening.
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