Study it in the app“Now to the half tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to its other half Joshua gave land with their brothers beyond the Jordan westward. And also, when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them”
Now to the halfוְלַחֲצִיtribeשֵׁבֶטof ManassehהַמְנַשֶּׁהMosesמֹשֶׁהhad givenנָתַןlandin Bashan,בַּבָּשָׁןand to its other halfוּלְחֶצְיוֹJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַgaveנָתַןlandwithעִםtheir brothersאֲחֵיהֶםbeyondבְּעֵבֶרthe Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּןwestward.יָמָּהAnd also,וְגַםwhenכִּיJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַsent them awayשִׁלְּחָםtoאֶלtheir tents,אָהֳלֵיהֶםhe blessed themוַיְבָרֲכֵם
half
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” appearsMoses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appearsBashan
See it on the mapWhere else “bashan” appearsJoshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appearsbeyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearswest
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yama” appearssend away
To send away, or divorce one's wife.
Where else “shilach” appearstent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ahole” appearsbless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yevarache” appears1Bashan
Today: southern Syria and the Golan Heights
A fertile region east of the Sea of Galilee, reaching to Mount Hermon, now southern Syria and northwest Jordan.
Israel defeated King Og there (Num 21:33-35). It was known for its cattle (Ps 22:12).
2Jordan
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).
6And Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents.
7 · This verse (above)
8and said to them, saying, “With great riches return to your tents, and with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with bronze, with iron, and with very many garments. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.”
