And the lotוַ גּוֹרַלof the tribeמַטֵּהof the sonsבְנֵיof Benjaminבִנְיָמִןaccording to their familiesלְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָםcame up,יַּעַלand the territoryוַ גְּבוּלof their lotגּוֹרָלָםwent outיֵּצֵאbetweenבֵּיןthe sonsבְּנֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהandוּבֵיןthe sonsבְּנֵיof Joseph.יוֹסֵף
Joshua 18:11
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 18:11, word by word
- And the lotגּוֹרַלgoral
lot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “goral” appears- of the tribeמַטֵּהmate
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “mate” appears- of the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- 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".
Where else “vinyamin” appears- according to their familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתָmishpchota
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchota” appears- came upיַּעַלyaal
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appears- and the territoryגְּבוּלgevul
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appears- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- 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.
Where else “yehuda” appears- 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".
Where else “yosef” appears
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.