Focused Passage

Joshua 16:10

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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10But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.

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But they did notוְלֹ֣אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particledrive outהוֹרִ֔ישׁוּH3423Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthe Canaanitesהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖יH3669Article | Noun - proper - masculine singularwho livedהַיּוֹשֵׁ֣בH3427Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularin Gezerבְּגָ֑זֶרH1507Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singularSo the Canaanitesהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֜יH3669Article | Noun - proper - masculine singulardwellוַיֵּ֨שֶׁבH3427Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularamongבְּקֶ֤רֶבH7130Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructthe Ephraimitesאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙H669Noun - proper - masculine singulartoעַד־H5704Prepositionthisהַזֶּ֔הH2088Article | Pronoun - masculine singulardayהַיּ֣וֹםH3117Article | Noun - masculine singularbut they areוַיְהִ֖יH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularforcedלְמַס־H4522Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructlaborersעֹבֵֽד׃פH5647Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular

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