Topographical Terms
Topographical Terms [1]
The following are the terms which, in the imagery of the East, are applied to the various parts of a river: Yad ( יָד ), at "hand" or side, either right or left ( Numbers 13:29; Deuteronomy 2:37; Judges 11:26); Saphcah ( שָׂפָה ) , a "lip" or brink of a river or of the sea ( Genesis 22:17; Genesis 41:3; Genesis 41:17; Exodus 2:3; Exodus 7:15; Exodus 14:30; Deuteronomy 2:36; Deuteronomy 4:48; Joshua 11:4; Joshua 12:2; Joshua 13:9; Joshua 13:16; Judges 7:12; Judges 7:22; 1 Samuel 13:5; 1 Kings 4:29; 1 Kings 9:26 : 2 Kings 2:13; 2 Chronicles 8:17; Ezekiel 47:6-7; Ezekiel 47:12; Daniel 12:5; and so of the molten sea, of Solomon's Temple, 1 Kings 7:23; 1 Kings 7:26; 2 Chronicles 4:2); Lashon ( לָשׁוֹן ), a "tongue" or bay ( Joshua 15:2; Joshua 15:5; Joshua 18:19; Isaiah 11:15); Gedoth ( גְּדוֹת ) , banks (of the Jordan, Joshua 3:15; Joshua 4:18; 1 Chronicles 12:15; or of the Euphrates, Psalms 8:7); Katseh ( קָצֵה ) , the extreme limit or end ( 1 Samuel 14:27), whether of a river ( Joshua 15:5; Joshua 18:19), of the water ( Joshua 3:8; Joshua 3:15), or of: a lake ( Numbers 34:3; Joshua 15:2), and so of a country ( Genesis 47:21; Exodus 13:20; Numbers 33:3 a mountain ( Exodus 19:12;
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Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Topographical Terms'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/t/topographical-terms.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
