And the reportהַדָּבָרwas goodוַיִּיטַבin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלand the sonsוַ בְּנֵיof IsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלblessedיְבָרֲכוּElohim,אֱלֹהִיםand did notוְלֹאspeakאָמְרוּof going upלַעֲלוֹתagainst themעֲלֵיהֶםwith the armyלַצָּבָאto destroyלְשַׁחֵתthe landהָאָרֶץwhereאֲשֶׁר בָּהּthe sonsבְּנֵיof Reubenרְאוּבֵןand the sonsוּבְנֵיof Gadגָדlived.יֹשְׁבִים
Joshua 22:33
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “amru” appears- 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.”