This term describes the riverbanks when swollen to capacity, particularly during flood season. The Jordan overflowed its banks at harvest time when Israel crossed miraculously, emphasizing the timing's significance. Chronicles and Isaiah use the image of waters reaching the banks to picture abundance or threatening overflow. The word captures not merely the river's edge but the dramatic moment of fullness, when water reaches the very limits of its channel. This flooding imagery became a powerful metaphor for overwhelming divine or military action.