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And there remainedוַיִּוָּתְרוּamong the sonsבִּבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלsevenשִׁבְעָהtribesשְׁבָטִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרhad notלֹאdividedחָלְקוּtheir inheritance.נַחֲלָתָם
Joshua 18:2
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With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 18:2, word by word
- And there remainedיִּוָּתְרוּyivatru
be left
For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.
Where else “yivatru” appears- among the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- sevenשִׁבְעָהshiva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appears- tribesשְׁבָטִיםshevatim
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevatim” appears- dividedחָלְקוּchalku
divide
To give each one their part.
Where else “chalku” appears- their inheritanceנַחֲלָתָnachalata
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalata” appears
The context
1And the whole community of the sons of Israel assembled at Shiloh, and they settled the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.
2 · This verse (above)
3And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, “How long will you be slack about going in to take possession of the land that YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, has given you?