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ForכִּיMosesמֹשֶׁהhad givenנָתַןthe inheritanceנַחֲלַתof the twoשְׁנֵיtribesהַמַּטּוֹתand the halfוַחֲצִיtribeהַמַּטֶּהbeyondמֵעֵבֶרthe Jordan,לַיַּרְדֵּןbut to the Levitesוְלַלְוִיִּםhe did notלֹאgiveנָתַןan inheritanceנַחֲלָהamong them.בְּתוֹכָם
Joshua 14:3
Study it in the app“For 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 14:3, word by word
- 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- had givenנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- the inheritanceנַחֲלַתnachalat
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalat” appears- of the twoשְׁנֵיshene
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” 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- beyondעֵבֶרever
beyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- but to the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- among themתוֹכָtocha
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “tocha” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
2by lot was their inheritance, just as YHWH had commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half tribe.
3 · This verse (above)
4For the sons of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim; and they did not give a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to live in, and their pasturelands for their livestock and for their possessions.