See,רְאוּI have allottedהִפַּלְתִּיto youלָכֶםtheseהָאֵלֶּהnationsהַגּוֹיִםthat remainהַנִּשְׁאָרִיםas an inheritanceבְּנַחֲלָהfor your tribes,לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶםfromמִןthe Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןwith allוְכָלthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםthatאֲשֶׁרI have cut off,הִכְרַתִּיto the Greatוְ הַגָּדוֹלSeaהַיָּםtoward the settingמְבוֹאof the sun.הַשָּׁמֶשׁ
Joshua 23:4
Study it in the app“See, I have allotted to you these nations that remain as an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, to the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 23:4, word by word
- Seeרְאוּreu
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reu” appears- I have allottedהִפַּלְתִּיhipalti
cast lots
To make fall; throw lots.
Where else “hipalti” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- that remainנִּשְׁאָרִיםnisharim
remain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “nisharim” appears- as an inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachala
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachala” appears- for your tribesשִׁבְטֵיshivte
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- I have cut offהִכְרַתִּיhichrati
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichrati” appears- to the Greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- Seaיָּםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- toward the settingמְבוֹאmevo
sunset
The time and place where the sun sets, toward the west.
Where else “mevo” appears- of the sunשָּׁמֶשׁshamesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shamesh” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
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).
The context
3And you have seen all that YHWH your Elohim has done to all these nations because of you, for YHWH your Elohim, he is the one who fights for you.
4 · This verse (above)
5And YHWH your Elohim, he will push them back before you and dispossess them before you, and you shall take possession of their land, just as YHWH your Elohim spoke to you.