תֹּצְא֥וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תֹּצְא֥וֹת

   tot-tse-OT

   the limits {extremities}
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 תֹּצְא֥וֹת הַגְּב֖וּל

   tot-tse-OT hag-GEV-ul

   the limits {extremities} of the boundary
3. clause🔊 וְהָי֛וּ תֹּצְא֥וֹת הַגְּב֖וּל יָֽמָּה׃

   ve-ha-YU tot-tse-OT hag-GEV-ul ya-MA

   then are the limits {extremities} of the boundary westward / at the sea
4. sentence🔊 וְיָצָ֨א הַגְּב֜וּל אֶל־כֶּ֣תֶף עֶקְרוֹן֮ צָפוֹנָה֒ וְתָאַ֤ר הַגְּבוּל֙ שִׁכְּר֔וֹנָה וְעָבַ֥ר הַר־הַֽבַּעֲלָ֖ה וְיָצָ֣א יַבְנְאֵ֑ל וְהָי֛וּ תֹּצְא֥וֹת הַגְּב֖וּל יָֽמָּה׃

   ve-ya-TSA hag-GEV-ul el-KE-tef ek-RON tsa-fo-NA ve-ta-AR hag-GEV-ul shik-ro-NA ve-a-VAR har-ha-ba-a-LA ve-ya-TSA yav-ne-EL ve-ha-YU tot-tse-OT hag-GEV-ul ya-MA

   and goes out the boundary to the shoulder of Ekron northward then it bends around the boundary to Shikkeron and passes along Mount Baalah and it goes out to Jabneel then are the limits {extremities} of the boundary westward / at the sea

Exegesis

The final clause employs vehayu {וְהָיוּ | wə-hā-yû} ‘and they were’ in a nominal equative with the construct totzeot hagvul {תֹּצְאוֹת הַגְּבוּל | tō-ṣā-ʾōṯ ha-ḡə-vul} ‘outgoings of the border’ and the noun yamah {יָמָה | yā-māh} ‘sea’ to indicate the border’s terminus. This linear structure produces a clear cartographic narrative that is mirrored in English by successive directional and locational phrases.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 י־צ־אyṣʾ

“outgoings, extremities”

• 🔊 יָצָאyatsato go outGenesis 8:16