And they shall divide
chalaq (khaw-lak')
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
it into seven
sheba` (sheh'-bah)
a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
parts
cheleq (khay'lek)
smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment -- flattery, inheritance, part, partake, portion.
Judah
Yhuwdah (yeh-hoo-daw')
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory -- Judah.
shall abide
`amad (aw-mad')
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
in their coast
gbuwl (gheb-ool')
a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extens. the territory inclosed -- border, bound, coast, great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
on the south
negeb (neh'-gheb)
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine) -- south (country, side, -ward).
and the house
bayith (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of Joseph
Yowceph (yo-safe')
let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites -- Joseph.
shall abide
`amad (aw-mad')
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
in their coasts
gbuwl (gheb-ool')
a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extens. the territory inclosed -- border, bound, coast, great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
on the north
tsaphown (tsaw-fone')
hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown) -- north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).
