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Then Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַsent awayיְשַׁלַּחthe people,הָעָםeachאִישׁto his inheritance.לְנַחֲלָתוֹ
Joshua 24:28
Study it in the app“Then Joshua sent away the people, each to his inheritance.”
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Joshua 24:28, word by word
- Then Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua
Joshua
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” appears- sent awayיְשַׁלַּחyeshalach
send away
To send away, or divorce one's wife.
Where else “yeshalach” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- to his inheritanceנַחֲלָתnachalat
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalat” appears
The context
27And Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the sayings of YHWH that he spoke with us; and it shall be a witness against you, lest you lie to your Elohim.”
28 · This verse (above)
29And after these things Joshua son of Nun, the servant of YHWH, died, a hundred and ten years old.