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The landאֶרֶץof Tappuahתַּפּוּחַbelongedהָיְתָהto Manasseh,לִמְנַשֶּׁהbut Tappuahוְתַפּוּחַonאֶלthe borderגְּבוּלof Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהbelongedto the sonsלִבְנֵיof Ephraim.אֶפְרָיִם
Joshua 17:8
Study it in the app“The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the sons of Ephraim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 17:8, word by word
- The landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Tappuahתַּפּוּחַtapuach
Tappuah
Tappuah: the name of two cities and of a man of Judah; it means "apple tree."
Where else “tapuach” appears- belongedהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” 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- the borderגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- to the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Ephraimאֶפְרָיִםefrayim
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears
The context
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.
8 · This verse (above)
9And the border went down to the Brook of Kanah, south of the brook. These cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh. And the border of Manasseh was on the north of the brook, and its ends were at the sea.