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So the sonsוַ בְנֵיof Joseph,יוֹסֵףManassehמְנַשֶּׁהand Ephraim,וְאֶפְרָיִםreceived their inheritance.יִּנְחֲלוּ
Joshua 16:4
Study it in the app“So the sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 16:4, word by word
- So the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Josephיוֹסֵףyosef
Joseph
Joseph, a name borne by several Israelites, above all the son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who became ruler there and saved his family; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became tribes. The name means "may he add".
Where else “yosef” appears- Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashe
Manasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appears- and Ephraimאֶפְרָיִםefrayim
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears- received their inheritanceיִּנְחֲלוּyinchalu
inherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “yinchalu” appears
The context
3and it went down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of Lower Beth-horon and as far as Gezer, and its ends were at the sea.
4 · This verse (above)
5And the territory of the sons of Ephraim according to their families was this: the border of their inheritance on the east was Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon,