Study it in the app“And those of the Negev will possess the mountain of Esau, and those of the Shephelah the Philistines; and they will possess the field of Ephraim and the field of Samaria, and Benjamin Gilead.”
And those of the Negevוְ הַנֶּגֶבwill possessיָרְשׁוּthe mountainהַרof Esau,עֵשָׂוand those ofוְthe Shephelahהַשְּׁפֵלָהthe Philistines;פְּלִשְׁתִּיםand they will possessוְיָרְשׁוּthe fieldשְׂדֵהof Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםandוְthe fieldשְׂדֵהof Samaria,שֹׁמְרוֹןand BenjaminוּבִנְיָמִןGilead.הַגִּלְעָד
Negev
The dry land in the south of Israel.
Where else “negev” appearspossess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yarshu” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsEsau
Esau, the elder son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob; also called Edom, father of the Edomites. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “esav” appearslowland, Shephelah
Shephelah, the lowland: the zone of low hills between the hill country of Judah and the coast.
Where else “shefela” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sede” appearsEphraim
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” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearsBenjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “vinyamin” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears1Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
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).
18And the house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; and they will burn among them and consume them, and there will not be a survivor of the house of Esau, for YHWH has spoken.
19 · This verse (above)
20And the exiles of this host of the sons of Israel will possess what belongs to the Canaanites as far as Zarephath, and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.
