And I gaveוָאֶתֵּןyouלָכֶםa landאֶרֶץon whichאֲשֶׁר בָּהּyou had notלֹאlabored,יָגַעְתָּand citiesוְעָרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרyou had notלֹאbuilt,בְנִיתֶםand you liveוַתֵּשְׁבוּin them;בָּהֶםof vineyardsכְּרָמִיםand olive grovesוְזֵיתִיםthatאֲשֶׁרyou did notלֹאplantנְטַעְתֶּםyouאַתֶּםare eating.’אֹכְלִים
Joshua 24:13
Study it in the app“And I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities that you had not built, and you live in them; of vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant you are eating.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 24:13, word by word
- And I gaveאֶתֵּןeten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appears- a landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- laboredיָגַעְתָּyagata
grow weary, toil
Grow weary, be tired from effort; also to toil, or to make another weary.
Where else “yagata” appears- and citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- builtבְנִיתֶםvenitem
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “venitem” appears- and you liveתֵּשְׁבוּteshvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “teshvu” appears- of vineyardsכְּרָמִיםkeramim
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “keramim” appears- and olive grovesזֵיתִיםzetim
olive tree
A tree with silvery leaves that yields fruit and oil; very common in Israel.
Where else “zetim” appears- plantנְטַעְתֶּםnetatem
plant
Plant; set firmly.
Where else “netatem” appears- are eating.’אֹכְלִיםochlim
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ochlim” appears
Translation note
Deuteronomy 6:10-11 had announced it.
The context
12And I sent the hornet before you, and it drove them out before you, the two kings of the Amorite; not with your sword and not with your bow.
13 · This verse (above)
14And now fear YHWH and serve him with integrity and with truth; and put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve YHWH.