the Canaaniteהַכְּנַעֲנִיin the eastמִמִּזְרָחand in the west,וּמִיָּםthe Amorite,וְהָאֱמֹרִיthe Hittite,וְהַחִתִּיthe Perizzite,וְהַפְּרִזִּיand the Jebusiteוְהַיְבוּסִיin the hill country,בָּהָרand the HiviteוְהַחִוִּיbelowתַּחַתHermonחֶרְמוֹןin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Mizpah.הַמִּצְפָּה
Joshua 11:3
Study it in the app“the Canaanite in the east and in the west, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite below Hermon in the land of Mizpah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 11:3, word by word
- the Canaaniteכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani
Canaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appears- in the eastמִּזְרָחmizrach
east
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizrach” appears- and in the westיָּםyam
west
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yam” appears- the Amoriteאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- the Hittiteחִתִּיchiti
Hittite
Hittite: a descendant of Heth, one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chiti” appears- the Perizziteפְּרִזִּיperizi
Perizzite
Perizzite: one of the peoples that lived in Canaan before Israel.
Where else “perizi” appears- and the Jebusiteיְבוּסִיyevusi
Jebusite
Jebusite: a people of Canaan that lived in Jerusalem before David.
Where else “yevusi” appears- in the hill countryהָרhar
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appears- and the Hiviteחִוִּיchivi
Hivite
Hivite: one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chivi” appears- Hermonחֶרְמוֹןchermon
Hermon
See it on the mapWhere else “chermon” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Mizpahמִּצְפָּהmitspa
Mizpah
See it on the mapWhere else “mitspa” appears
Places in this verse
1Hermon
Today: Mount Hermon: Lebanon-Syria border, Israeli-held part
The highest mountain in northern Israel, on the border with Syria and Lebanon.
It was the northern limit of what Israel took east of the Jordan (Deut 3:8). The Psalms speak of its dew (Ps 133:3).
2Mizpah ?
Today: possibly Tell en-Nasbeh, West Bank
The name of several places; the main one was north of Jerusalem in Benjamin, and its exact site is not certain.
There Samuel gathered Israel, who confessed, “We have sinned against YHWH” (1 Sam 7:5-6), and there he presented Saul as king (1 Sam 10:17-24).
The context
2and to the kings who were in the north, in the hill country, in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, in the Shephelah, and in the heights of Dor on the west,
3 · This verse (above)
4They came out, they and all their camps with them, a people as many as the sand that is on the shore of the sea, in multitude, and horses and chariots, very many.