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And Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַblessed him,יְבָרְכֵהוּand he gaveוַיִּתֵּןHebronחֶבְרוֹןto Calebלְכָלֵבsonבֶּןof Jephunnehיְפֻנֶּהas an inheritance.לְנַחֲלָה
Joshua 14:13
Study it in the app“And Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 14:13, word by word
- And Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua
Joshua
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” appears- blessed himיְבָרְכֵyevarche
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yevarche” appears- and he gaveיִּתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- Hebronחֶבְרוֹןchevron
Hebron
See it on the mapWhere else “chevron” appears- to Calebכָלֵבchalev
Caleb
Caleb, a scout from the tribe of Judah who with Joshua trusted YHWH (Numbers 14:6-9, 24); others also bear the name.
Where else “chalev” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Jephunnehיְפֻנֶּהyefune
Jephunneh
Jephunneh, the father of Caleb; another man bears the same name.
Where else “yefune” appears- as an inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachala
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachala” appears
Places in this verse
Hebron
Today: Hebron (Al-Khalil), West Bank
A city in the hills of Judea, about 19 miles (30 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham lived nearby and bought the cave there where he buried Sarah (Gen 23:2). David was anointed king of Judah at Hebron (2 Sam 2:1-4).
The context
12And now, give me this hill country of which YHWH spoke on that day, for you heard on that day that Anakim are there, and cities, great and fortified. Perhaps YHWH will be with me, and I will dispossess them, just as YHWH spoke.”
13 · This verse (above)
14Therefore Hebron became Caleb’s son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he followed fully YHWH, the Elohim of Israel.