Joshua 17:10

Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Southward	נֶ֣גְבָּה Neg.bah	H5045	the south (from its drought) · noun, common masculine singular absolute + directional suffix
Ephraim’s	לְאֶפְרַ֗יִם le.'ef.Ra.yim	H669	Ephrajim · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
northward	וְצָפ֙וֹנָה֙ ve.tza.Fo.nah	H6828	properly · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute + directional suffix
Manasseh’s	לִמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה lim.na.Sheh	H4519	Menashsheh · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
sea	הַיָּ֖ם hai.Yam	H3220	a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
border	גְּבוּל֑וֹ ge.vu.Lo	H1366	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
together	יִפְגְּע֣וּן yif.ge.'Un	H6293	to impinge · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun
Asher	וּבְאָשֵׁר֙ u.ve.'a.Sher	H836	happy · conjunction + preposition + proper noun, a man's name
north	מִצָּפ֔וֹן mi.tza.Fon	H6828	properly · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
Issachar	וּבְיִשָּׂשכָ֖ר u.ve.yi.so.sh.Khar	H3485	Jissaskar · conjunction + preposition + proper noun, a man's name
east	מִמִּזְרָֽח mi.miz.Rach	H4217	sunrise · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 17:7-13

We have here a short account of the lot of this half tribe. It reached from Jordan on the east to the great sea on the west; on the south it lay all along contiguous to Ephraim, but on the north it abutted upon Asher and Issachar. Asher lay north-west, and Issachar north-east, which seems to be the meaning of that (Jos 17:10), that they (that is, Manasseh and Ephraim, as related to it, both together making the tribe of Joseph) met in Asher on the north and Issachar on the east, for Ephraim itself reached not those tribes. Some things are particularly observed concerning this lot: - 1. That there was great communication between this tribe and that of Ephraim. The city of Tappuah belonged to E…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 17:9

the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river--The line which separated the possessions of the two brothers from each other ran to the south of the stream. Thus the river was in the territory of Manasseh; but the cities which were upon the river, though all were within the limits of Manasseh's possessions, were assigned partly to Ephraim, and partly to Manasseh; those on the south side being given to the former; those upon the north to the latter [KEIL]. It appears (Jos 17:10) that Manasseh was still further interlaced with other neighboring tribes.

Adam Clarke on Joshua 17:10

They met together in Asher on the north - The tribe of Asher extended from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Carmel, Jos 19:26, and the tribe of Manasseh extended to Dor and her towns, (see the following verse, Jos 17:11 (note)), which were in the vicinity of Carmel; and thus it appears that these two tribes formed a junction at the Mediterranean Sea. This may serve to remove the difficulties in this verse; but still it does appear that in several cases the tribes were intermingled; for Manasseh had several towns, both in Issachar and in Asher, see Jos 17:11. In like manner, Judah had towns in Dan and Simeon; and Simeon had towns in Judah; and what is spoken of the boundaries of the tribes, may…

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Dictionary and topics

Asher — Happy, Jacob’s eigth son; his mother was Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid (Gen. 30:13). Of the tribe founded by him nothing is recorded beyond its holding a place in the list of the tribes (35:26; 46:17; Ex.…
Gibeon — Hill-city, “one of the royal cities, greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty” (Josh. 10:2). Its inhabitants were Hivites (11:19). It lay within the territory of Benjamin, and became a…
Ephraim · .Territory allotted to, after the conquest of — .Territory allotted to, after the conquest of
Issachar · .Parts of — .Parts of
Manasseh · .One-half of tribe west of Jordan River — .One-half of tribe west of Jordan River
Manasseh, The Tribe Of · Inheritance of the other half — Inheritance of the other half

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Joshua 17:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 17:7-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 17:9

Adam Clarke on Joshua 17:10

Dictionary and topics

Joshua 17:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 17:7-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 17:9

Adam Clarke on Joshua 17:10

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Joshua 17:10

John Calvin on Joshua 17:1-10

Keil & Delitzsch on Joshua 17:1-13

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 17:8-10

Rashi on Joshua 17:10