Study it in the app“They shattered and crushed the sons of Israel that year; eighteen years they did so to all the sons of Israel who were beyond the Jordan, in the land of the Amorite, which is in Gilead.”
They shatteredוַיִּרְעֲצוּand crushedוַיְרֹצְצוּthe sonsאֶת בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלthatבַּ הַהִיאyear;שָּׁנָהeighteenשְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵהyearsשָׁנָהthey did so to allאֶת כָּלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwhoאֲשֶׁרwere beyondבְּעֵבֶרthe Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןin the landבְּאֶרֶץof the Amorite,הָאֱמֹרִיwhichאֲשֶׁרis in Gilead.בַּגִּלְעָד
shatter
Shatter, break in pieces; oppress.
Where else “yiratsu” appearscrush
To shatter, oppress: "the damaged reed".
Where else “yerotstsu” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearseight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemone” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appearsbeyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsAmorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears1Jordan
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).
2Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
7The anger of YHWH burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the sons of Ammon.
8 · This verse (above)
9The sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in distress greatly.
