Joshua 24:13

“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.’”

Joshua 24:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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