Study it in the app“And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel struck beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon as far as Mount Halak, which goes up toward Seir; and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their divisions,”
And these areוְאֵלֶּהthe kingsמַלְכֵיof the landהָאָרֶץwhomאֲשֶׁרJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַand the sonsוּבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלstruckהִכָּהbeyondבְּעֵבֶרthe Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּןto the west,יָמָּהfrom Baal-gadמִבַּעַל גָּדin the valleyבְּבִקְעַתof Lebanonהַלְּבָנוֹןas far asוְעַדMountהָהָרHalak,הֶחָלָקwhich goes upהָעֹלֶהtoward Seir;שֵׂעִירָהand Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַgave itיִּתְּנָהּto the tribesלְשִׁבְטֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלas a possessionיְרֻשָּׁהaccording to their divisions,כְּמַחְלְקֹתָם
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsJoshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsdefeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “hika” appearsbeyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearswest
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yama” appearsBaal-gad
Baal-gad: a place at the foot of Mount Hermon, the northern limit of what Joshua took.
Where else “baal” appearsplain, valley
Broad plain between mountains; wide valley.
Where else “vikat” appearsLebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsHalak
Halak: a mountain in the south, toward Seir. The name means "smooth, bare."
Where else “chalak” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ole” appearsSeir
Seir, the hill country south of the Dead Sea, later the land of Edom; also its first inhabitants, and a mountain in Judah.
Where else “seira” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitna” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” appearspossession
Possession: land that is taken and becomes one's own; also what is received from one's fathers.
Where else “yerusha” appearsdivision
Division: each of the parts into which a group is divided.
Where else “machlkota” appears1Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
2Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
6Moses the servant of YHWH and the sons of Israel struck them, and Moses the servant of YHWH gave it as a possession to the Reubenite, to the Gadite, and to half the tribe of Manasseh.
7 · This verse (above)
8in the hill country, in the Shephelah, in the Arabah, in the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the Negev: the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
