Focused Passage

Joshua 16:1-4

The Inheritance of Joseph: Ephraim’s Allotment and Incomplete Possession

Joseph’s descendants receive their allotted territory, Ephraim’s boundaries and cities are recorded, and the chapter ends by exposing incomplete possession at Gezer.

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1The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.

2It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.

3Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.

4So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.

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Verse 1

Original words

The allotmentהַגּוֹרָ֜לH1486Article | Noun - masculine singularfor the descendantsלִבְנֵ֤יH1121Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural constructof Josephיוֹסֵף֙H3130Noun - proper - masculine singularextendedוַיֵּצֵ֨אH3318Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularfrom the Jordanמִיַּרְדֵּ֣ןH3383Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singularat Jerichoיְרִיח֔וֹH3405Noun - proper - feminine singularto the watersלְמֵ֥יH4325Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural constructof Jerichoיְרִיח֖וֹH3405Noun - proper - feminine singularon the eastמִזְרָ֑חָהH4217Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singularthrough the wildernessהַמִּדְבָּ֗רH4057Article | Noun - masculine singularthat goes upעֹלֶ֧הH5927Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularfrom Jerichoמִירִיח֛וֹH3405Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singularinto the hill countryבָּהָ֖רH2022Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularvvvבֵּֽית־H1008Prepositionof Bethelאֵֽל׃H1008Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 2

Original words

It went onוְיָצָ֥אH3318Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularfromמִבֵּֽית־H1008PrepositionBethelאֵ֖לH1008Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular([that is,] Luzל֑וּזָהH3870Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singularand proceededוְעָבַ֛רH5674Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singulartoאֶל־H413Prepositionthe borderגְּב֥וּלH1366Noun - masculine singular constructof the Architesהָאַרְכִּ֖יH757Article | Noun - proper - masculine singularin Atarothעֲטָרֽוֹת׃H5852Noun - proper - feminine singular

BSB notes

  • LXX (See also Joshua 18:13); Hebrew from Bethel to Luz
Verse 3

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Then it descendedוְיָֽרַד־H3381Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularwestwardיָ֜מָּהH3220Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singulartoאֶל־H413Prepositionthe borderגְּב֣וּלH1366Noun - masculine singular constructof the Japhletitesהַיַּפְלֵטִ֗יH3311Article | Noun - proper - masculine singularasעַ֣דH5704Prepositionfar as the borderגְּב֧וּלH1366Noun - masculine singular constructofבֵּית־H1032PrepositionLowerתַּחְתּ֖וֹןH8481Adjective - masculine singularBeth-horonחוֹרֹ֛ןH1032Noun - proper - feminine singularand on toוְעַד־H5704Conjunctive waw | PrepositionGezerגָּ֑זֶרH1507Noun - proper - feminine singularand it endedוְהָי֥וּH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural. . .תֹצְאֹתוֹH8444Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singularat the Seaיָֽמָּה׃H3220Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular

BSB notes

  • That is, the Mediterranean Sea, also called the Great Sea; also in verses 6 and 8
Verse 4

Original words

So Ephraimוְאֶפְרָֽיִם׃H669Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularand Manassehמְנַשֶּׁ֥הH4519Noun - proper - masculine singularthe sonsבְנֵי־H1121Noun - masculine plural constructof Josephיוֹסֵ֖ףH3130Noun - proper - masculine singularreceived their inheritanceוַיִּנְחֲל֥וּH5157Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural

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