Joshua 18:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Appoint for you three men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come unto me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָבוּ לָכֶם שְׁלֹשָׁה אֲנָשִׁים לַשָּׁבֶט וְאֶשְׁלָחֵם וְיָקֻמוּ וְיִתְהַלְּכוּ בָאָרֶץ וְיִכְתְּבוּ אוֹתָהּ לְפִי נַחֲלָתָם וְיָבֹאוּ אֵלָי

Transliteration

hābû lākem šəlōšâ ʾănāšîm la-ššābeṭ wə-ʾešlāḥēm wə-yāqūmû wə-yithalləkû bā-ʾāreṣ wə-yiktəbû ʾôtāh ləpî naḥălātām wə-yābōʾû ʾēlāy

Grammar Details

*hābû*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - give/provide
*lākem*: preposition with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for yourselves
*šəlōšâ*: numeral, masculine - three
*ʾănāšîm*: noun, masculine plural - men
*la-ššābeṭ*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - for the tribe
*wə-ʾešlāḥēm*: conjunctive waw + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and I will send them
*wə-yāqūmû*: conjunctive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they will arise/get up
*wə-yithalləkû*: conjunctive waw + Hithpael imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they will walk about/go through
*bā-ʾāreṣ*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the land
*wə-yiktəbû*: conjunctive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they will write
*ʾôtāh*: direct object marker with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - it (the land)
*ləpî*: preposition + construct state - according to
*naḥălātām*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their inheritance
*wə-yābōʾû*: conjunctive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they will come
*ʾēlāy*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me

Word Meanings

*hābû*: give/provide/furnish
*wə-ʾešlāḥēm*: I will send them/commission them
*wə-yithalləkû*: walk through/travel about/traverse
*ləpî*: according to/in proportion to

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Referenced Verses

Num 1:4 : 4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of his fathers' house.
Num 13:2 : 2 Send thou men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a prince among them.
Josh 3:12 : 12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
Josh 4:2 : 2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
Josh 18:3 : 3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, hath given you?
Josh 18:6 : 6 And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring [the description] hither to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God.
Josh 18:9 : 9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua unto the camp at Shiloh.

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1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
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8And the men arose, and went: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah in Shiloh.
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