Joshua 11:3

“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.”

Joshua 11:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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

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in the landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “erets” appears
of Mizpahמִּצְפָּהmitspa

Mizpah

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Places in this verse

JerusalemMediterranean SeaHermonMizpah?
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Deuteronomy 3:8Joshua 12:1Psalms 133:3Psalms 89:12

  • 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).

    Genesis 31:49Judges 20:11 Samuel 7:51 Samuel 10:17

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.

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