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Joshua

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That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
That the waters waste Noun H4325 הַמַּיִם֩ ham·ma·yim
which came down descend Verb H3381 הַיֹּרְדִ֨ים hai·yo·re·dim
and those that came down descend Verb H3381 וְהַיֹּרְדִ֗ים ve·hai·yo·re·dim
stood abide Verb H5975 וַיַּעַמְד֡וּ vai·ya·'am·du
[and] rose up abide Verb H6965 קָ֣מוּ ka·mu
upon an a Adjective H259 אֶחָ֗ד e·chad
heap heap Noun H5067 נֵד־ ned-
very diligently Adjective H3966 מְאֹ֜ד me·'od
far remove Verb H7368 הַרְחֵ֨ק har·chek
from the city Ai Noun H5892 הָעִיר֙ ha·'ir
Zaretan Zarthan Noun H6891 צָֽרְתָ֔ן tza·re·tan,
toward above Prepostion H5921 עַ֣ל al
toward the sea sea Noun H3220 יָ֧ם yam
of the plain Arabah Noun H6160 הָעֲרָבָ֛ה ha·'a·ra·vah
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[even] the salt salt Noun H4417 הַמֶּ֖לַח ham·me·lach
sea sea Noun H3220 יָם־ yam-
failed accomplish Verb H8552 תַּ֣מּוּ tam·mu
[and] were cut off be chewed Verb H3772 נִכְרָ֑תוּ nich·ra·tu;
and the people folk Noun H5971 וְהָעָ֥ם ve·ha·'am
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passed over alienate Verb H5674 עָבְר֖וּ a·ve·ru
opposite about sub H5048 נֶ֥גֶד ne·ged
right against Jericho Jericho Noun H3405 יְרִיחֹֽו׃ ye·ri·chov.
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Locations

Adam

ADAM, CITY OF('adham, "red" or BDB "made"): A city in the middle of the Jordan valley near ZARETHAN (Joshua 3:16), which see. The name probably survives at the Damieh Ford, near the mouth of the Jabbok twenty miles above Jericho. An Arabian historian asserts that about 1265 A.D. the Jordan was here blocked by a land slide. The inner gorge of the Jordan is he... View Details

City of Salt

SALT, CITY OF(`ir ha-melach; Codex Alexandrinus hai pol (e)is halon): One of the six cities in the wilderness of Judah mentioned between Nibshan and Engedi (Joshua 15:62). The site is very uncertain. The large and important Tell el-Milch (i.e. "the salt hill"), on the route from Hebron to Akaba, is possible.

Jericho

JERICHOjer'-i-ko (the word occurs in two forms. In the Pentateuch, in 2 Kings 25:5 and in Ezra, Nehemiah, Chronicles it is written yerecho; yericho, elsewhere): In 1 Kings 16:34 the final Hebrew letter is he (h), instead of waw (w). The termination waw (w) thought to preserve the peculiarities of the old Canaanite. dialect. In the Septuagint we have the inde... View Details

Salt Sea

DEAD SEA, THEI. PRESENT AREAII. FORMER ENLARGEMENTIII. LEVEL OF THE DEAD SEA IN EARLY HISTORIC TIMESIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE WATERV. CLIMATEVI. ROADSVII. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS1. The Plain of the Jordan2. Ain Jidi (En-gedi)3. The Fortress of Masada4. Jebel Usdum (Mount of Sodom)5. Vale of Siddim6. El-LisanVIII. HISTORYLITERATUREThe name given by Greek and Latin... View Details

People

Adam

Adam, the first man. Also a city in the Jordan valley.

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King James Bible That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
Hebrew Greek English That the waters which came were flowing down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from in one heap, a great distance away at Adam, the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: Zarethan; and those that came which were flowing down toward the sea of the plain, even Arabah, the salt sea, failed, and Salt Sea, were completely cut off: and off. So the people passed over right against crossed opposite Jericho.
New American Standard Bible 1995 That the waters which came were flowing down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from in one heap, a great distance away at Adam, the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: Zarethan; and those that came which were flowing down toward the sea of the plain, even Arabah, the salt sea, failed, and Salt Sea, were completely cut off: and off. So the people passed over right against crossed opposite Jericho.