Original Language Studio
Joshua 18:20
“And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3383 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Jarden, the principal river of Palestine
- Derivation
- from H3381 (יָרַד); a descender;
- KJV renderings
- Jordan.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- יַּרְדֵּ֥ן — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 183 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 13:10Genesis 13:11Genesis 32:11Genesis 50:10Genesis 50:11
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יַרְדֵּן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.