Joshua 22:33

“And the report was good in the eyes of the sons of Israel; and the sons of Israel blessed Elohim, and did not speak of going up against them with the army to destroy the land where the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad lived.”

Joshua 22:33 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 22:33, word by word

And the reportדָּבָרdavar

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

Where else “davar” appears
was goodיִּיטַבyitav

go well

For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".

Where else “yitav” appears
in the eyesעֵינֵיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

Where else “ene” appears
of the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “bene” appears
of 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
blessedיְבָרֲכוּyevarachu

praise

To praise God: "blessed be YHWH".

Where else “yevarachu” appears
Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohim” appears
speakאָמְרוּamru

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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of going upעֲלוֹתalot

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

Where else “alot” appears
with the armyצָּבָאtsava

army

An army.

Where else “tsava” appears
to destroyשַׁחֵתshachet

destroy

To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.

Where else “shachet” appears
the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” 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
livedיֹשְׁבִיםyoshvim

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

Where else “yoshvim” appears

The context

32Then Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs, returned from the sons of Reuben and from the sons of Gad, from the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the sons of Israel, and they brought back word to them.

33 · This verse (above)

34And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad named the altar Witness: “For it is a witness between us that YHWH is Elohim.”

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