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# southland

«southland» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A land or region in the south, here the dry southern part…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A land or region in the south, here the dry southern part of Israel, the Negev. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/southland/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Joshua and Judges it is the dry southern region where Caleb's daughter Achsah asked for springs of water. Interpretation: Tradition reads her request as wise, since land without water is of little use. Water often stands for blessing and for Torah.

### examples

- And she said: 'Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set me in the Southland, give me therefore springs of water.' And he gave her the Upper Springs and the Nether Springs. (Prophets JOS.15.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/southland/#x1)
- And she said unto him: 'Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set me in the Southland, give me therefore springs of water.' And Caleb gave her the Upper Springs and the Nether Springs. (Prophets JDG.1.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/southland/#x2)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «southland» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/southland/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.