Joshua 18:11

“And the lot of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their families came up, and the territory of their lot went out between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.”

Joshua 18:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 18:11, word by word

And the lotגּוֹרַלgoral

lot

Small stones cast to decide something.

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of the tribeמַטֵּהmate

tribe

Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.

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of the sonsבְנֵיvene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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of Benjaminבִנְיָמִןvinyamin

Benjamin

Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".

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according to their familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתָmishpchota

family

A group of relatives within a tribe.

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came upיַּעַלyaal

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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and the territoryגְּבוּלgevul

territory

The land within that border.

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went outיֵּצֵאyetse

go out

To go out of a place.

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of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda

Judah

Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.

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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".

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The context

10And Joshua cast for them a lot in Shiloh before YHWH; and there Joshua divided the land to the sons of Israel according to their divisions.

11 · This verse (above)

12And their border on the north side was from the Jordan, and the border went up to the slope of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward, and its ends were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

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