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becauseכִּיthe daughtersבְּנוֹתof Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהreceivedנָחֲלוּan inheritanceנַחֲלָהamongבְּתוֹךְhis sons;בָּנָיוand the landוְאֶרֶץof Gileadהַגִּלְעָדbelongedהָיְתָהto the restלִ הַנּוֹתָרִיםof the sonsבְנֵיof Manasseh.מְנַשֶּׁה
Joshua 17:6
Study it in the app“because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons; and the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 17:6, word by word
- the daughtersבְּנוֹתbenot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benot” appears- of 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- receivedנָחֲלוּnachalu
inherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “nachalu” appears- an inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachala
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachala” appears- amongתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- his sonsבָּנָיbanay
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “banay” appears- and 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- belongedהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- to the restנּוֹתָרִיםnotarim
be left
For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.
Where else “notarim” appears
Places in this verse
Gilead
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).
The context
5And ten allotments fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan,
6 · This verse (above)
7And the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath, which is east of Shechem; and the border went to the south, to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.