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And Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהgaveיִּתֵּןto the tribeלְמַטֵּהof the sonsבְנֵיof Reubenרְאוּבֵןaccording to their families.לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם
Joshua 13:15
Study it in the app“And Moses gave to the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to their families.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 13:15, word by word
- And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- gaveיִּתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- to the tribeמַטֵּהmate
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “mate” appears- of the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Reubenרְאוּבֵןreuven
Reuben
Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "look, a son!".
Where else “reuven” appears- according to their familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתָmishpchota
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchota” appears
The context
14Only to the tribe of Levi he did not give an inheritance: the fire offerings of YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, that is his inheritance, just as he spoke to him.
15 · This verse (above)
16And their territory was from Aroer, which is on the bank of the brook Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the brook, and all the plateau by Medeba;