And the sonsוַ בְּנֵיof Josephיוֹסֵףsaid,יֹּאמְרוּ“The hill countryהָהָרis notלֹאenoughיִמָּצֵאfor us,לָנוּandוְthere areironבַּרְזֶלchariotsרֶכֶבamong allבְּכָלthe Canaaniteהַכְּנַעֲנִיwho liveהַיֹּשֵׁבin the landבְּאֶרֶץof the valley,הָעֵמֶקboth thoseלַאֲשֶׁרin Beth-sheanבְּבֵית שְׁאָןand its townsוּבְנוֹתֶיהָand thoseוְלַאֲשֶׁרin the Valleyבְּעֵמֶקof Jezreel.”יִזְרְעֶאל
Joshua 17:16
Study it in the app“And the sons of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us, and there are iron chariots among all the Canaanite who live in the land of the valley, both those in Beth-shean and its towns and those in the Valley of Jezreel.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 17:16, word by word
- And the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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- saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “The hill countryהָרhar
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appears- enoughיִמָּצֵאyimatse
be present
To be present in a place, or to be enough.
Where else “yimatse” appears- ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel
iron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “barzel” appears- chariotsרֶכֶבrechev
chariot
War chariots.
Where else “rechev” appears- the Canaaniteכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani
Canaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appears- who liveיֹּשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the valleyעֵמֶקemek
valley
Valley, broad low plain.
Where else “emek” appears- in Beth-sheanבֵיתvet
Beth-shean
Beth-shean: a strong city where the valley of Jezreel goes down to the Jordan.
Where else “vet” appears- and its townsבְנוֹתֶיvenote
village
Literally "the daughters": small places that depend on a city.
Where else “venote” appears- of Jezreelיִזְרְעֶאלyizrel
Jezreel
See it on the mapWhere else “yizrel” appears
Places in this verse
Jezreel
Today: Zir'in and the Jezreel Valley, Israel
A city and valley in northern Israel, between Galilee and Samaria.
There Ahab and Jezebel took Naboth's vineyard (1 Kgs 21:1-16), and Jezebel died there (2 Kgs 9:30-37).
The context
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.”
16 · This verse (above)
17And Joshua said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, “You are a numerous people, and you have great strength; you shall not have only one lot,