butכִּיthe hill countryהַרshall beיִהְיֶהyours;לָּךְforכִּיitהוּאisforest,יַעַרand you will clear it,וּבֵרֵאתוֹand its endsוְ תֹּצְאֹתָיוshall beהָיָהyours;לְךָforכִּיyou will dispossessתוֹרִישׁthe Canaanite,הַכְּנַעֲנִיthoughכִּיhe hasלוֹironבַּרְזֶלchariots,רֶכֶבthoughכִּיheהוּאisstrong.”חָזָק
Joshua 17:18
Study it in the app“but the hill country shall be yours; for it is forest, and you will clear it, and its ends shall be yours; for you will dispossess the Canaanite, though he has iron chariots, though he is strong.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 17:18, word by word
- the hill countryהַרhar
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appears- shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- forestיַעַרyaar
forest
Land covered with trees, where many grow together.
Where else “yaar” appears- and you will clear itבֵרֵאתveret
clear ground
To fell trees, open up a forest.
Where else “veret” appears- and its endsתֹּצְאֹתָיtotsotay
end
The point where a border stops.
Where else “totsotay” appears- you will dispossessתוֹרִישׁtorish
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “torish” appears- the Canaaniteכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani
Canaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appears- ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel
iron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “barzel” appears- chariotsרֶכֶבrechev
chariot
War chariots.
Where else “rechev” appears- strongחָזָקchazak
strong
Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.
Where else “chazak” appears
The context
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,
18 · This verse (above)