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Just asכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad commandedצִוָּהMoses,מֹשֶׁהsoכֵּןthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלdid,עָשׂוּand they dividedוַיַּחְלְקוּthe land.הָאָרֶץ
Joshua 14:5
Study it in the app“Just as YHWH had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did, and they divided the land.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 14:5, word by word
- 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- 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- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- didעָשׂוּasu
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asu” appears- and they dividedיַּחְלְקוּyachlku
divide
To give each one their part.
Where else “yachlku” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
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.
5 · This verse (above)
6Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the word that YHWH spoke to Moses the man of Elohim about me and about you in Kadesh-barnea.