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And tenוַ עֲשָׂרָהallotmentsחַבְלֵיfellיִּפְּלוּto Manasseh,מְנַשֶּׁהbesidesלְבַדthe landמֵאֶרֶץof Gileadהַגִּלְעָדand Bashan,וְהַבָּשָׁןwhichאֲשֶׁרisbeyondמֵעֵבֶרthe Jordan,לַיַּרְדֵּן
Joshua 17:5
Study it in the app“And ten allotments fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 17:5, word by word
- And tenעֲשָׂרָהasara
ten
Ten.
Where else “asara” appears- allotmentsחַבְלֵיchavle
allotment
A plot measured with a rope, a portion of land.
Where else “chavle” appears- fellיִּפְּלוּyiplu
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “yiplu” appears- to 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- besidesבַדvad
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Gileadגִּלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears- and Bashanבָּשָׁןbashan
Bashan
See it on the mapWhere else “bashan” appears- beyondעֵבֶרever
beyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
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Places in this verse
1Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
2Bashan
Today: southern Syria and the Golan Heights
A fertile region east of the Sea of Galilee, reaching to Mount Hermon, now southern Syria and northwest Jordan.
Israel defeated King Og there (Num 21:33-35). It was known for its cattle (Ps 22:12).
3Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
4And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua son of Nun, and before the chiefs, saying, “YHWH commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So he gave them, according to the command of YHWH, an inheritance among the brothers of their father.
5 · This verse (above)
6because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons; and the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.