The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side.
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Glossary
- Great Sea Place
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(Heb. yam), signifies (1) “the gathering together of the waters,” the ocean ( Gen. 1:10 ); (2) a river, as the Nile ( Isa. 19:5 ), the Euphrates ( Isa. 21:1 ; Jer. 51:36 ); (3) the Red Sea. Modern identification: Mediterranean Sea.
- Lebo-hamath Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Labweh.