What Does Joshua 17:9 Mean in the King James?
And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:
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 reaches the sea, yet Ephraim’s cities remain among Manasseh’s, a border can mark a limit without making everything on either side separate.
THE MEANING
This verse holds distinction and overlap together: the river marks a boundary, while Ephraim’s cities sit among Manasseh’s. Manasseh’s border reaches outward to the sea, giving its territory both a line and an extent.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A boundary always makes neighboring territories wholly separate; here, Ephraim’s cities remain among Manasseh’s even as the river marks the edge.
THE ROOT
תֹּצְאֹתָיו
totsa’otav
GROWS FROM
יצא
y-ts-ʾ
To go out, emerge, or come forth.
The boundary’s “outgoings” come from the root meaning to go out or come forth. This describes the edge through where it reaches and opens outward, so the map is more than a line of separation.
ALSO GROWS
yatsa: To go out or come forth.
יָצָא
This is the root action behind the boundary’s described reach.
motsa: A going out, outlet, or source.
מוֹצָא
Like the boundary’s outgoings, this word names where something emerges or reaches outward.
THE PATTERN
A boundary can define distinct portions while those portions remain joined within a larger whole.
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.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;But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.THE THREAD
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.Both verses use יצא (yatsa, to go out or come forth) for the border’s “outgoings” or “goings out.” Together they describe a boundary through its route and reach, traced between landmarks rather than left as an abstract dividing line.
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