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Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַsent awayוַיְשַׁלַּחthe people,אֶת הָעָםand the sonsוַ בְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwent,יֵּלְכוּeachאִישׁto his inheritance,לְנַחֲלָתוֹto take possessionלָרֶשֶׁתof the land.אֶת הָאָרֶץ
Judges 2:6
Study it in the app“Joshua sent away the people, and the sons of Israel went, each to his inheritance, to take possession of the land.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 2:6, word by word
- 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- and the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- wentיֵּלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” 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- to take possessionרֶשֶׁתreshet
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “reshet” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
5They called the name of that place Bochim, and they sacrificed there to YHWH.
6 · This verse (above)
7The people served YHWH all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who prolonged their days after Joshua, who had seen all the great work of YHWH that he had done for Israel.