Josua 19:33

33 Und ihre Grenze war von Heleph, von der Terebinthe zu Zaanannim, und Adami-Nekeb und Jabneel bis Lakum, und ihr Ausgang war am Jordan;

Josua 19:33 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 19:33

And their coast was from Heleph
That is, their northern coast, reaching from west to east, as appears by the ending of it at Jordan; the Alexandrian copy of the Greek version calls it Mlepeh, the Targum, Meheleph, and Jerom, Mealeb, which he calls the border of Naphtali; which, though to the north, cannot be expressly said what and where it was:

from Allon to Zaanannim;
or rather from the oak, or from the plain in Zaanannim ^F4; for it seems to be the same with the plain of Zanaaim, ( Judges 4:11 ) .

and Adami, Nekeb;
some make these to be but one city, and the latter only an epithet of the former; but the Talmudists ^F5 make them two, as we do, and call the first Damin, and the latter Ziadetha; but what and where either of them were exactly is not known; for Adami cannot be the same with Adam, ( Joshua 3:16 ) ; as some think; for that was in Peraea, on the other side Jordan; (See Gill on Joshua 3:16):

and Jabneel;
Jabneel is different from that which was on the borders of Judah, ( Joshua 15:11 ) ; and is called by the Jews ^F6 since Cepherjamah;

unto Lakum;
of which we nowhere else read:

and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan;
here the coast ended this way.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 "Ab querceto in Tzahanannimis", Junius & Tremellius; so Piscator.
F5 T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1.
F6 T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1.

Josua 19:33 In-Context

31 Das war das Erbteil des Stammes der Kinder Aser, nach ihren Geschlechtern, diese Städte und ihre Dörfer.

32 Für die Kinder Naphtali kam das sechste Los heraus, für die Kinder Naphtali, nach ihren Geschlechtern.

33 Und ihre Grenze war von Heleph, von der Terebinthe zu Zaanannim, und Adami-Nekeb und Jabneel bis Lakum, und ihr Ausgang war am Jordan;

34 und die Grenze kehrte um westwärts nach Asnoth-Tabor und lief von dort nach Hukkok hin. Und so stieß sie an Sebulon gegen Süden, und an Aser stieß sie gegen Westen, und an Juda am Jordan gegen Sonnenaufgang.

35 Und die festen Städte waren: Ziddim, Zer und Hammath, Rakkath und Kinnereth,