And she said,וַתֹּאמֶר“Giveתְּנָהmeלִּיa blessing;בְרָכָהsinceכִּיyou have given meנְתַתָּנִיthe landאֶרֶץof the Negev,הַנֶּגֶבgiveוְנָתַתָּהmeלִיalsospringsגֻּלֹּתof water.”מָיִםAnd he gaveוַיִּתֶּןherלָהּthe upperעִלִּיּוֹתspringsגֻּלֹּתand the lowerוְאֵת תַּחְתִּיּוֹתsprings.גֻּלֹּת
Joshua 15:19
Study it in the app“And she said, “Give me a blessing; since you have given me the land of the Negev, give me also springs of water.” And he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 15:19, word by word
- And she saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “Giveתְּנָtena
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tena” appears- a blessingבְרָכָהveracha
blessing
The good God gives, or words asking for it.
Where else “veracha” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the Negevנֶּגֶבnegev
Negev
The dry land in the south of Israel.
Where else “negev” appears- springsגֻּלֹּתgulot
spring
Water welling up.
Where else “gulot” appears- of waterמָיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- the upperעִלִּיּוֹתiliyot
upper
From above, upper.
Where else “iliyot” appears- and the lowerתַּחְתִּיּוֹתtachtiyot
lowest
Lowest, the lower level; the depths.
Where else “tachtiyot” appears
The context
18And when she came, she urged him to ask her father for the field. And she got down from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What is the matter with you?”
19 · This verse (above)
20This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families.