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And youוְאַתֶּםshall writeתִּכְתְּבוּthe landהָאָרֶץin sevenשִׁבְעָהportionsחֲלָקִיםand bring itוַהֲבֵאתֶםto meאֵלַיhere,הֵנָּהand I will castוְיָרִיתִיfor youלָכֶםa lotגּוֹרָלhereפֹּהbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהour Elohim.אֱלֹהֵינוּ
Joshua 18:6
Study it in the app“And you shall write the land in seven portions and bring it to me here, and I will cast for you a lot here before YHWH our Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 18:6, word by word
- shall writeתִּכְתְּבוּtichtvu
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “tichtvu” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- in sevenשִׁבְעָהshiva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appears- portionsחֲלָקִיםchalakim
portion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chalakim” appears- and bring itהֲבֵאתֶםhavetem
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havetem” appears- and I will castיָרִיתִיyariti
cast
To hurl something, or set it firmly in place, like a stone.
Where else “yariti” appears- a lotגּוֹרָלgoral
lot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “goral” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears
The context
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.
6 · This verse (above)
7For the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of YHWH is their inheritance; and Gad, Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan to the east, which Moses the servant of YHWH gave them.”