Study it in the app“And they came to the regions of the Jordan that are in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to be seen.”
And they cameוַיָּבֹאוּtoאֶלthe regionsגְּלִילוֹתof the Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּןthatאֲשֶׁרarein the landבְּאֶרֶץof Canaan,כְּנָעַןand the sonsוַ בְנֵיof Reuben,רְאוּבֵןthe sonsוּבְנֵיof Gad,גָדand the halfוַחֲצִיtribeשֵׁבֶטof Manassehהַמְנַשֶּׁהbuiltיִּבְנוּthereשָׁםan altarמִזְבֵּחַbyעַלthe Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןa greatגָּדוֹלaltarמִזְבֵּחַto be seen.לְמַרְאֶה
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appearsregion
Region, district.
Where else “gelilot” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsCanaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsReuben
Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "look, a son!".
Where else “reuven” appearsGad
Gad, (1) a son of Jacob and Zilpah, and the tribe that came from him with its land; (2) the prophet who was with David. The name means "good fortune".
Where else “gad” appearshalf
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevet” appearsManasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appearsbuild
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “yivnu” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearssight
What is seen; how something appears before the eyes.
Where else “mare” appears1Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
2Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
9So the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh returned and went away from the sons of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they had taken possession of according to the command of YHWH through Moses.
10 · This verse (above)
11And the sons of Israel heard it said, “Look, the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh have built the altar in front of the land of Canaan, in the regions of the Jordan, on the side of the sons of Israel.”
