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And they cameוַיָּבֹאוּtoאֶלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Reuben,רְאוּבֵןtoוְאֶלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Gad,גָדand toוְאֶלthe halfחֲצִיtribeשֵׁבֶטof Manasseh,מְנַשֶּׁהinאֶלthe landאֶרֶץof Gilead,הַגִּלְעָדand they spokeוַיְדַבְּרוּwith them,אִתָּםsaying,לֵאמֹר
Joshua 22:15
Study it in the app“And they came to the sons of Reuben, to the sons of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 22:15, word by word
- And they cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Reubenרְאוּבֵןreuven
Reuben
Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "look, a son!".
Where else “reuven” appears- of Gadגָדgad
Gad
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” appears- the halfחֲצִיchatsi
half
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appears- tribeשֵׁבֶטshevet
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevet” appears- of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashe
Manasseh
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” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Gileadגִּלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears- and they spokeיְדַבְּרוּyedabru
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedabru” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
Places in this verse
Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
The context
14and ten chiefs with him, one chief each, for each father’s house of all the tribes of Israel; and each of them was head of their fathers’ house among the thousands of Israel.
15 · This verse (above)
16“Thus says the whole community of YHWH: ‘What is this unfaithfulness that you have committed against the Elohim of Israel, turning back today from following YHWH by building yourselves an altar, to rebel today against YHWH?