Joshua 18:4

“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.”

Joshua 18:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 18:4, word by word

Provideהָבוּhavu

give

To hand something to someone, or to ascribe to him what is due.

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threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

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menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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for each tribeשָּׁבֶטshavet

tribe

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

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and I will send themאֶשְׁלָחֵeshlache

send

To send someone or something.

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and they will riseיָקֻמוּyakumu

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

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and walk aboutיִתְהַלְּכוּyithalchu

roam

To move about with no fixed course, roaming a place.

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through the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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and write itיִכְתְּבוּyichtvu

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

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according toפִיfi

according to

Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.

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their inheritanceנַחֲלָתָnachalata

inheritance

Land or goods passed from parents to children.

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and comeיָבֹאוּyavou

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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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.

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