The Meaning of Numbers 34:7 Explained

Numbers 34:7

KJV: And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:

YLT: 'And this is to you the north border: from the great sea ye mark out for yourselves mount Hor;

Darby: And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall mark out for you mount Hor;

ASV: And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall mark out for you mount Hor;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And this shall be your north  border:  from the great  sea  ye shall point out  for you mount  Hor: 

What does Numbers 34:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 34:1-18 - The Borders Of The Promised Land
Here are set out the borders of the Promised Land, which were never fully reached in the days of Israel's occupation, except perhaps for one brief period in Solomon's glorious reign. God's ideal for His people far exceeded their realization of it. But is it not always so! Does not His peace pass understanding? Is not His joy unspeakable and full of glory? Does not the love of Christ pass knowledge? Jesus Christ is our inheritance; let us possess our possessions. Let us follow on to know the Lord; and remember that there is an allotted space for each of us in Christ, to which no other soul has a right.
It is a great honor to be chosen to divide the lots. Year by year we ought to set forth the believer's rights in Christ, that a divine discontent may urge to higher heights and deeper experiences. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 34

1  The borders of the land
16  The names of the men who shall divide the land

What do the individual words in Numbers 34:7 mean?

And this shall be your border northern from the Sea Great you shall mark out your [border] line to Hor Mount
וְזֶֽה־ יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם גְּב֣וּל צָפ֑וֹן מִן־ הַיָּם֙ הַגָּדֹ֔ל תְּתָא֥וּ לָכֶ֖ם הֹ֥ר הָהָֽר

וְזֶֽה־  And  this 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
יִהְיֶ֥ה  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לָכֶ֖ם  your 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
גְּב֣וּל  border 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: גְּבוּל  
Sense: border, territory.
צָפ֑וֹן  northern 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.
הַיָּם֙  the  Sea 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.
הַגָּדֹ֔ל  Great 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.
תְּתָא֥וּ  you  shall  mark  out 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: תָּאָה  
Sense: (Piel) to mark out, point out.
לָכֶ֖ם  your  [border]  line 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
הֹ֥ר  to  Hor 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: הֹר  
Sense: the mountain on which Aaron died; situated on the eastern side of the valley of Arabah, the highest of the whole range of sandstone mountains in Edom; on the eastern side is the ancient city of Petra.
הָהָֽר  Mount 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.

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