| 8. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Joshua 15:8:1 ⧉וְעָלָ֨הvealaand the boundary went up Joshua 15:8:2 ⧉הַגְּב֜וּלhagvoolthe boundary Joshua 15:8:3 ⧉גֵּ֣יgeiby the valley Joshua 15:8:4 ⧉בֶן־הִנֹּ֗םvenhinnomof the son of Hinnom Joshua 15:8:5 ⧉אֶל־כֶּ֤תֶףelketefto the side Joshua 15:8:6 ⧉הַיְבוּסִי֙haivusiof the Jebusite Joshua 15:8:7 ⧉מִנֶּ֔גֶבminegevon the south Joshua 15:8:8 ⧉הִ֖יאhithat is Joshua 15:8:9 ⧉יְרֽוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִםyerushalayimJerusalem Joshua 15:8:10 ⧉וְעָלָ֨הvealaand the boundary went up Joshua 15:8:11 ⧉הַגְּב֜וּלhagvoolthe boundary Joshua 15:8:12 ⧉אֶל־רֹ֣אשׁelroshto the top Joshua 15:8:13 ⧉הָהָ֗רhaharof the mountain Joshua 15:8:14 ⧉אֲ֠שֶׁרasherthat Joshua 15:8:15 ⧉עַל־פְּנֵ֤יalpeneifaces Joshua 15:8:16 ⧉גֵֽי־הִנֹּם֙geihinnomthe valley of Hinnom Joshua 15:8:17 ⧉יָ֔מָּהyamahwestward Joshua 15:8:18 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֛רasherwhich Joshua 15:8:19 ⧉בִּקְצֵ֥הbiktsehat the end Joshua 15:8:20 ⧉עֵֽמֶק־רְפָאִ֖יםemekrefaimof the Valley of Rephaim Joshua 15:8:21 ⧉צָפֹֽנָה׃tsafonato the north |
| 8. Formal Translation And the boundary rose through the Valley of Ben-Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite, at the southern edge marking Jerusalem, and then ascended to the top of the hill before the Valley of Hinnom, westward, ending at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim. |
| 8. Dynamic Translation The boundary climbed the Valley of Ben-Hinnom to the southern shoulder of the Jebusite city, identifying Jerusalem, then rose to the hilltop west of Hinnom Valley, and ended at the northern extremity of the Rephaim Valley. |