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They took possessionוַיִּירְשׁוּof allאֵת כָּלthe territoryגְּבוּלof the Amorite,הָאֱמֹרִיfrom the Arnonמֵאַרְנוֹןtoוְעַדthe Jabbok,הַיַּבֹּקand fromוּמִןthe wildernessהַמִּדְבָּרtoוְעַדthe Jordan.הַיַּרְדֵּן
Judges 11:22
Study it in the app“They took possession of all the territory of the Amorite, from the Arnon to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness to the Jordan.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 11:22, word by word
- They took possessionיִּירְשׁוּyirshu
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yirshu” appears- the territoryגְּבוּלgevul
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appears- of the Amoriteאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- from the Arnonאַרְנוֹןarnon
Arnon
Arnon, a river east of the Jordan that marked the border of Moab. The name means "roaring stream."
Where else “arnon” appears- the Jabbokיַּבֹּקyabok
Jabbok
Jabbok, a river that flows into the Jordan from the east. Its name sounds like "wrestle" (yeabeq).
Where else “yabok” appears- the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
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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
21YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they struck them; so Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorite, who lived in that land.
22 · This verse (above)
23So now YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorite before his people Israel; and are you going to take possession of it?