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And nowוְעַתָּהdivideחַלֵּקthisהַזֹּאתlandהָאָרֶץas an inheritanceבְּנַחֲלָהto the nineלְתִשְׁעַתtribesהַשְּׁבָטִיםand the halfוַחֲצִיtribeהַשֵּׁבֶטof Manasseh.”הַמְנַשֶּׁה
Joshua 13:7
Study it in the app“And now divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half tribe of Manasseh.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 13:7, word by word
- divideחַלֵּקchalek
divide
To give each one their part.
Where else “chalek” appears- landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- as an inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachala
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachala” appears- to the nineתִשְׁעַתtishat
nine
Nine; also "ninth".
Where else “tishat” appears- tribesשְּׁבָטִיםshevatim
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevatim” appears- and the halfחֲצִיchatsi
half
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appears- of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashe
Manasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appears
The context
6All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians, I will dispossess them before the sons of Israel. Only allot it to Israel as an inheritance, just as I have commanded you.
7 · This verse (above)
8With it the Reubenites and the Gadites took their inheritance, which Moses gave them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of YHWH gave it to them: