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# חֶתְלֹן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2855

**Hethlon** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Hethlon [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2855/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֶתְלֹן: n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2855/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc., on the extreme northern boundary of Isr. territory (in Ezek.’s conception), only דֶּרֶךְ(־)ח׳ Ez 47:15; 48:1; mod. Ḥeitela nearly two hours from sea-coast, according to FurrerZPV viii, 27.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of Hethlon (2).

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 47:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.47.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.47.15/#tree)

וְזֶ֖ה גְּב֣וּל הָאָ֑רֶץ לִפְאַ֨ת צָפ֜וֹנָה מִן־הַיָּ֧ם הַגָּד֛וֹל הַדֶּ֥רֶךְ חֶתְלֹ֖ן לְב֥וֹא צְדָֽדָה׃

*Word for word:* and this \[is\].the.boundary of the.land to.\[the\] side northward of from the sea (the) great the direction of.Hethlon Lebo to Zedad

*JPS 1917:* And this shall be the border of the land: on the north side, from the Great Sea, by the way of Hethlon, unto the entrance of Zedad;

[Ezekiel 48:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.48.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.48.1/#tree)

וְאֵ֖לֶּה שְׁמ֣וֹת הַשְּׁבָטִ֑ים מִקְצֵ֣ה צָפ֡וֹנָה אֶל־יַ֣ד דֶּֽרֶךְ־חֶתְלֹ֣ן ׀ לְֽבוֹא־חֲמָ֡ת חֲצַ֣ר עֵינָן֩ חֲצַ֣ר עֵינָן֩ גְּב֨וּל דַּמֶּ֤שֶׂק צָפ֙וֹנָה֙ אֶל־יַ֣ד חֲמָ֔ת וְהָיוּ־ל֧וֹ פְאַת־קָדִ֛ים הַיָּ֖ם דָּ֥ן אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and these \[are\].the.names of the.tribes from.\[the\] end northward of to the.hand of.the.road of.Hethlon Lebo Hamath Hazar Enan the.border of.Damascus northward to the.hand of.Hamath and they.will.belong to him \[the\].side of.\[the\].east the sea Dan one.\[portion\]

*JPS 1917:* Now these are the names of the tribes: from the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar-enan, at the border of Damascus, northward, beside Hamath; and they shall have their sides east and west: Dan, one portion.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2855.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2855/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).