What Does Joshua 19:33 Mean in the King James?
And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
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 KJV’s “coast” is a boundary whose named outgoings trace a route to the descending Jordan.
THE MEANING
Your place takes shape through edges that can be named and followed. Here “coast” means territory’s boundary: its landmarks trace the line until its outgoings meet the Jordan, a river whose name carries the sense of descending. The verse gives belonging a particular, locatable shape.
THE ROOT
גְּבוּלָם
gevulam their boundary
GROWS FROM
גבל
g-b-l
To set a boundary or mark the limits of a place.
The word translated “coast” names a territorial boundary, not necessarily a seashore. The root makes the edge something traced and defined, while the place names that follow give it a visible shape.
ALSO GROWS
gevul: Border, boundary, territory.
גְּבוּל
This is the noun behind the verse’s “coast”: the defined territory whose edge is being traced.
higbil: To set bounds or mark a limit.
הִגְבִּיל
This verbal form shows the boundary as something actively marked around a place.
תֹּצְאֹתָיו
totza'otav its outgoings
GROWS FROM
יצא
y-ts-ʾ
To go out, come forth, or emerge.
The boundary’s “outgoings” come from the root for going out or emerging. The edge is expressed as a movement toward its endpoints, and the verse names where that movement arrives.
ALSO GROWS
yatsa: To go out or come forth.
יָצָא
The basic verb makes the boundary’s course feel like an outward movement rather than an abstract line.
motsa: An exit, outlet, or place of departure.
מוֹצָא
This related noun connects “outgoings” with the places where a route emerges or ends.
totza'ah: An outcome or result; literally, what comes out.
תּוֹצָאָה
The shared root links an endpoint with what emerges from a process or course.
הַיַּרְדֵּן
haYarden the Jordan
GROWS FROM
ירד
y-r-d
To descend or go down.
The Jordan’s name carries the sense of descent. The boundary arrives at a place whose name itself holds direction and movement, giving this edge a specific terrain-shaped endpoint.
ALSO GROWS
yarad: To descend or go down.
יָרַד
This is the root that gives the Jordan its name and makes descent part of the endpoint’s identity.
morad: A descent or downhill slope.
מוֹרָד
This related noun makes the downward movement in the river’s name concrete as terrain.
THE PATTERN
A place becomes recognizable through the bounds and endpoints that give it shape.
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.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;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.Numbers 34:12 repeats the language of a border’s “goings out” reaching Jordan. The shared יצא root makes the boundary a traced course, and Jordan’s name carries the sense of descent.
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