Joshua 13:2

“This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites”

Joshua 13:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 13:2, word by word

the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears
that remainsנִּשְׁאָרֶתnisharet

remain

To remain, what is left.

Where else “nisharet” appears
the regionsגְּלִילוֹתgelilot

region

Region, district.

Where else “gelilot” appears
of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim

Philistines

Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.

Where else “pelishtim” appears
the Geshuritesגְּשׁוּרִיgeshuri

Geshurite

Geshurite: an inhabitant of Geshur, a small kingdom northeast of the Lake of Kinnereth; also a people near the Philistines.

Where else “geshuri” appears

The context

1Now Joshua was old, advanced in days, and YHWH said to him, “You are old, advanced in days, and very much of the land remains to take possession of it.

2 · This verse (above)

3(from the Shihor, which is east of Egypt, and as far as the border of Ekron to the north, it is counted as Canaanite); the five rulers of the Philistines: the Gazite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, and the Ekronite; and the Avvites

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