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They buried himוַיִּקְבְּרוּ אוֹתוֹin the territoryבִּגְבוּלof his inheritance,נַחֲלָתוֹin Timnath-heres,בְּתִמְנַת חֶרֶסin the hill countryבְּהַרof Ephraim,אֶפְרָיִםnorthמִצְּפוֹןof MountלְהַרGaash.גָּעַשׁ
Judges 2:9
Study it in the app“They buried him in the territory of his inheritance, in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 2:9, word by word
- They buried himיִּקְבְּרוּyikbru
bury
Bury.
Where else “yikbru” appears- in the territoryגְבוּלgevul
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appears- of his inheritanceנַחֲלָתnachalat
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalat” appears- in Timnath-heresתִמְנַתtimnat
Timnath-serah
Timnath-serah: a city in the hill country of Ephraim that Joshua asked for; he was buried there (24:30).
Where else “timnat” appears- in the hill countryהַרhar
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appears- of Ephraimאֶפְרָיִםefrayim
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears- northצְּפוֹןtsefon
north
North.
Where else “tsefon” appears- Gaashגָּעַשׁgaash
Gaash
Gaash: a mountain in the hill country of Ephraim, near where Joshua was buried.
Where else “gaash” appears
Translation note
In Joshua 24:30 the place is called Timnath-serah; it is the same name with the letters in another order.
The context
8Joshua son of Nun, the servant of YHWH, died, a hundred and ten years old.
9 · This verse (above)
10And also all that generation were gathered to their fathers, and there arose another generation after them who did not know YHWH, nor even the work that he had done for Israel.