Judges 2:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְשַׁלַּ֥ח יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ אֶת־הָעָ֑ם וַיֵּלְכ֧וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אִ֥ישׁ לְנַחֲלָת֖וֹ לָרֶ֥שֶׁת אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

And-wayəšallaḥ Yəhôšuaʿ ʾet-the-ʿām and-wayyēləḵû bənê-Yiśrāʾēl ʾîš to-naḥălātô to-lārešet ʾet-the-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*wayəšallaḥ*: waw-consecutive + piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he sent away
*Yəhôšuaʿ*: proper noun - Joshua
*ʿām*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the people
*wayyēləḵû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they went
*bənê*: masculine plural construct - sons/children of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man/each
*naḥălātô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his inheritance
*lārešet*: qal infinitive construct with preposition ל - to possess
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the land

Word Meanings

*wayəšallaḥ*: he sent away/dismissed
*Yəhôšuaʿ*: Joshua
*ʿām*: people/nation
*wayyēləḵû*: they went/walked/departed
*bənê*: sons of/children of
*ʾîš*: each man/each one
*naḥălātô*: his inheritance/possession
*lārešet*: to possess/take possession of/inherit
*ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/territory

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Josh 24:28-31 : 28 So Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance. 29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being a hundred and ten years old. 30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash. 31 And Israel served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Jehovah, that he had wrought for Israel.
Josh 22:6 : 6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went unto their tents.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Josh 24:28
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28So Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance.
Josh 22:6-7
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6So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went unto their tents.
7Now to the one {H2677} half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given [inheritance] in Bashan; but unto the other half gave Joshua among their brethren beyond the Jordan westward; moreover when Joshua sent them away unto their tents, he blessed them,
Judg 21:24
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24And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
Josh 11:23
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23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Jehovah spake unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.
Josh 4:1
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1And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,
Josh 19:49
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49So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance by the borders thereof; and the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them:
Josh 1:15
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15until Jehovah have given your brethren rest, as [he hath given] you, and they also have possessed the land which Jehovah your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising.
Josh 14:1
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1And these are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed unto them,
Deut 3:20
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20until Jehovah give rest unto your brethren, as unto you, and they also possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth them beyond the Jordan: then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
Josh 18:2-3
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2And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet divided their inheritance.
3And 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 1:2
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2Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
Judg 2:7
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7And the people served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Jehovah that he had wrought for Israel.
Josh 14:5
73%
5As Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land.
Neh 9:24
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24So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
Josh 22:4
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4And now Jehovah your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he spake unto them: therefore now turn ye, and get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan.
Josh 18:10
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10And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
Josh 18:8
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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.
Deut 1:38-39
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38Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage thou him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
39Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
Deut 11:31
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31For ye are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
Deut 1:8
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8Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
Josh 13:1
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1Now Joshua was old and well stricken in years; and Jehovah said unto him, Thou art old and well stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.
Josh 1:12-13
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12And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half - tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
13Remember the word which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, saying, Jehovah your God giveth you rest, and will give you this land.
Judg 2:23
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23So Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
Num 33:51
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51Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Ps 135:12
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12And gave their land for a heritage, A heritage unto Israel his people.
Josh 16:4
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4And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
Num 32:22
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22and the land is subdued before Jehovah; then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless towards Jehovah, and towards Israel; and this land shall be unto you for a possession before Jehovah.
Josh 19:51
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51These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.
Deut 31:7
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7And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of good courage: for thou shalt go with this people into the land which Jehovah hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
Deut 31:3
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3Jehovah thy God, he will go over before thee; he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt dispossess them: [and] Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken.
Josh 22:9
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9And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the {H2677} half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
Josh 12:7
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7And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel smote beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; and Joshua gave it unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
Josh 2:24
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24And they said unto Joshua, Truly Jehovah hath delivered into our hands all the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land do melt away before us.
Josh 10:43
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43And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
Josh 10:15
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15And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
Josh 6:7
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7And they said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of Jehovah.
Josh 6:2
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2And Jehovah said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor.
Num 34:2
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2Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to the borders thereof),