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So YHWHוַ יְהוָהgaveיִּתֵּןto Israelלְיִשְׂרָאֵלallכָּלthe landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרhe had swornנִשְׁבַּעto giveלָתֵתto their fathers;לַאֲבוֹתָםand they took possession of itוַיִּרָשׁוּהָand livedוַיֵּשְׁבוּin it.בָהּ
Joshua 21:43
Study it in the app“So YHWH gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn to give to their fathers; and they took possession of it and lived in it.”
On entering the land, it is said that not one word of what was promised failedFaithfulness
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 21:43, word by word
- So 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- gaveיִּתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- to Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- he had swornנִשְׁבַּעnishba
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishba” appears- to their fathersאֲבוֹתָavota
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears- and they took possession of itיִּרָשׁוּyirashu
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yirashu” appears- and livedיֵּשְׁבוּyeshvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appears
The context
42These cities were, each city, with its pasturelands around it; so it was for all these cities.
43 · This verse (above)
44And YHWH gave rest to them all around, according to all that he had sworn to their fathers; and not a man of all their enemies stood before them; all their enemies YHWH gave into their hand.