Study it in the app“And the men went and passed through the land and wrote it by cities in seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua, to the camp, at Shiloh.”
And the menוַ הָאֲנָשִׁיםwentיֵּלְכוּand passedוַיַּעַבְרוּthrough the landבָאָרֶץand wrote itוַיִּכְתְּבוּby citiesהָ לֶעָרִיםin sevenלְשִׁבְעָהportionsחֲלָקִיםinעַלa book;סֵפֶרand they cameוַיָּבֹאוּtoאֶלJoshua,יְהוֹשֻׁעַtoאֶלthe camp,הַמַּחֲנֶהat Shiloh.שִׁלֹה
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavru” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearswrite
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “yichtvu” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appearsportion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chalakim” appearsbook
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appearsJoshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appearscamp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appearsShiloh
See it on the mapWhere else “shilo” appearsShiloh
Today: Khirbet Seilun (Tel Shiloh), West Bank
A town in the hills of Ephraim, about 19 miles (30 km) north of Jerusalem.
The tabernacle stood there in the days of Joshua and Eli (Josh 18:1; 1 Sam 1:3). Hannah prayed there, and Samuel was born (1 Sam 1:9-20).
8So the men rose and went, and Joshua commanded those who were going to write the land, saying, “Go, and walk about through the land, and write it, and return to me; and here I will cast for you a lot before YHWH in Shiloh.”
9 · This verse (above)
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.
