Study it in the app“According to the command of YHWH they gave him the city that he asked for, Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim; and he built the city and lived in it.”
According to the commandעַל פִּיof YHWHיְהוָהthey gaveנָתְנוּhimלוֹthe cityהָעִירthatאֲשֶׁרhe asked for,שָׁאָלTimnath-serahתִּמְנַת סֶרַחin the hill countryבְּהַרof Ephraim;אֶפְרָיִםand he builtוַיִּבְנֶהthe cityהָעִירand livedוַיֵּשֶׁבin it.בָּהּ
according to
Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.
Where else “pi” appearsYHWH
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” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natnu” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “shaal” appearsTimnath-serah
Timnath-serah: a city in the hill country of Ephraim that Joshua asked for; he was buried there (24:30).
Where else “timnat” appearshill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appearsEphraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearsbuild
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “yivne” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears49And they finished inheriting the land by its borders; and the sons of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua son of Nun in their midst.
50 · This verse (above)
51These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the sons of Israel gave as inheritances by lot in Shiloh before YHWH, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And they finished dividing the land.
