Study it in the app“And these are what the sons of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the sons of Israel gave them as an inheritance:”
And theseוְאֵלֶּהarewhatאֲשֶׁרthe sonsבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלinheritedנָחֲלוּin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Canaan,כְּנָעַןwhichאֲשֶׁרEleazarאֶלְעָזָרthe priest,הַכֹּהֵןJoshuaוִיהוֹשֻׁעַsonבִּןof Nun,נוּןand the headsוְרָאשֵׁיof the fathers’ housesאֲבוֹתof the tribesהַמַּטּוֹתof the sonsלִבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלgave them as an inheritance:נִחֲלוּ אוֹתָם
descendant
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” appearsinherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “nachalu” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsCanaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appearsEleazar
Eleazar: the name of several Israelites, above all the third son of Aaron, who succeeded him as high priest.
Where else “elazar” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” 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 “yhoshua” appearsNun
Nun, the father of Joshua.
Where else “nun” appearschief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashe” appearshead of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avot” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “matot” appearsCanaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
1 · This verse (above)
2by lot was their inheritance, just as YHWH had commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half tribe.
