Provideהָבוּfor yourselvesלָכֶםthreeשְׁלֹשָׁהmenאֲנָשִׁיםfor each tribe,לַשָּׁבֶטand I will send them;וְאֶשְׁלָחֵםand they will riseוְיָקֻמוּand walk aboutוְיִתְהַלְּכוּthrough the landבָאָרֶץand write itוְיִכְתְּבוּ אוֹתָהּaccording toלְפִיtheir inheritance,נַחֲלָתָםand comeוְיָבֹאוּto me.אֵלָי
Joshua 18:4
Study it in the app“Provide for yourselves three men for each tribe, and I will send them; and they will rise and walk about through the land and write it according to their inheritance, and come to me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 18:4, word by word
- Provideהָבוּhavu
give
To hand something to someone, or to ascribe to him what is due.
Where else “havu” appears- threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- for each tribeשָּׁבֶטshavet
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shavet” appears- and I will send themאֶשְׁלָחֵeshlache
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “eshlache” appears- and they will riseיָקֻמוּyakumu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakumu” appears- and walk aboutיִתְהַלְּכוּyithalchu
roam
To move about with no fixed course, roaming a place.
Where else “yithalchu” appears- through the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and write itיִכְתְּבוּyichtvu
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “yichtvu” appears- according toפִיfi
according to
Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.
Where else “fi” appears- their inheritanceנַחֲלָתָnachalata
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalata” appears- and comeיָבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears
The context
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?
4 · This verse (above)
5And they shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall stay on its territory in the south, and the house of Joseph shall stay on their territory in the north.