Joshua 17:8
in Joshua 17The region of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself, on the border of Manasseh, belonged to Ephraim.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.
KJV
Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
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This verse in Joshua 17
Commentary
4 notes on this verseNow Manasseh had the land of Tappuah,.... The whole territory that went by that name, from a city of note in it, next mentioned; all the fields and villages in it belonged to the tribe of Manasseh: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; and was one of those separate cities they had among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh; though it seems they had only the city, not the territory adjacent to it, and which was named from it.
This site's exposition
the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath
on Joshua 17:7-11
Each son of Joseph holds towns inside the other's line, Ephraim within Manasseh at 16:9 and Manasseh six towns inside Issachar and Asher here. All six have later history. The kings of Canaan fight at Taanach at Judges 5:19, and Saul finds a medium at Endor at 1 Samuel 28:7.
This site's exposition
Tappuah itself, on the border of Manasseh, belonged to Ephraim
The district and its town were split between the two tribes, the fields to Manasseh and the town to Ephraim. Gill counts Tappuah among the separate cities of 16:9. This Tappuah is distinct from Judah's lowland town at 15:34.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah--The southern boundary is here traced from the east. Asher (now Yasir), the starting point, was a town fifteen Roman miles east of Shechem, and anciently a place of importance.
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The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לִמְנַשֶּׁ֕ה | limnasheh | to Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
| הָיְתָ֖ה | hayetah | it belonged | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| תַּפּ֑וּחַ | tapuach | Tappuah | H8599 → | 6 times |
| וְתַפּ֛וּחַ | vetapuach | and Tappuah | H8599 → | 6 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| גְּב֥וּל | gevul | [the] border of | H1366 → | 240 times |
| מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה | menasheh | Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
| לִבְנֵ֥י | livnei | [belonged] to [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֶפְרָֽיִם׃ | ʾefrayim | Ephraim | H669 → | 180 times |
לִמְנַשֶּׁ֕הto Manasseh
limnashehH4519 →146 times
הָיְתָ֖הit belonged
hayetahH1961 →3559 times
אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
תַּפּ֑וּחַTappuah
tapuachH8599 →6 times
וְתַפּ֛וּחַand Tappuah
vetapuachH8599 →6 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
גְּב֥וּל[the] border of
gevulH1366 →240 times
מְנַשֶּׁ֖הManasseh
menashehH4519 →146 times
לִבְנֵ֥י[belonged] to [the] descendants of
livneiH1121 →4930 times
אֶפְרָֽיִם׃Ephraim
ʾefrayimH669 →180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joshua 15:34Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam,
it leads to
- Joshua 12:17
the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 15:53
Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah,
- Joshua 12:17
Through
Joshua 12:17the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
it leads to
- 1 Kings 4:10
Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);
- Joshua 15:34
Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam,
- 1 Kings 4:10
Through
Joshua 16:8From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,
it leads to
- Joshua 17:8–9
The region of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself, on the border of Manasseh, belonged to Ephraim.
- Joshua 16:3–6
Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.
- Joshua 19:28
It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.
- Numbers 34:6
Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.
- Joshua 17:8–9
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and The Berean Standard Bible, Joshua 17, with the verses cited in the note.