Study it in the app“And the sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me as an inheritance one lot and one allotment, when I am a numerous people, since up to now YHWH has blessed me?””
And the sonsוַ בְּנֵיof Josephיוֹסֵףspokeיְדַבְּרוּto Joshua,אֶת יְהוֹשֻׁעַsaying,לֵאמֹר“Whyמַדּוּעַhave you givenנָתַתָּהmeלִּיas an inheritanceנַחֲלָהoneאֶחָדlotגּוֹרָלand oneוְ אֶחָדallotment,חֶבֶלwhen Iוַאֲנִיama numerousרָבpeople,עַםsinceעַד אֲשֶׁרup to nowעַד כֹּהYHWHיְהוָהhas blessed me?”בֵּרְכַנִי
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsJoseph
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” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedabru” appearsJoshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearswhy?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natata” appearsinheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachala” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearslot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “goral” appearsallotment
A plot measured with a rope, a portion of land.
Where else “chevel” appearsmany
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rav” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appearsYHWH
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” appearsbless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “bercha” appears13And when the sons of Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanite to forced labor, but they did not dispossess him completely.
14 · This verse (above)
15And Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go up to the forest and clear ground for yourself there in the land of the Perizzite and the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.”
