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by lotבְּגוֹרַלwastheir inheritance,נַחֲלָתָםjust asכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad commandedצִוָּהthroughבְּיַדMoses,מֹשֶׁהfor the nineלְתִשְׁעַתtribesהַמַּטּוֹתand the halfוַחֲצִיtribe.הַמַּטֶּה
Joshua 14:2
Study it in the app“by lot was their inheritance, just as YHWH had commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half tribe.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 14:2, word by word
- by lotגוֹרַלgoral
lot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “goral” appears- their inheritanceנַחֲלָתָnachalata
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalata” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- had commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- throughיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- 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- for the nineתִשְׁעַתtishat
nine
Nine; also "ninth".
Where else “tishat” appears- tribesמַּטּוֹתmatot
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “matot” appears- and the halfחֲצִיchatsi
half
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appears
Translation note
The command is in Numbers 26:55 and 34:13.
The context
1And 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:
2 · This verse (above)
3For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half tribe beyond the Jordan, but to the Levites he did not give an inheritance among them.