Joshua 11:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So Joshua took all this land: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the lowlands, the Arabah, and the hill country and lowlands of Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִקַּ֨ח יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ אֶת־כָּל־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֗את הָהָ֤ר וְאֶת־כָּל־הַנֶּ֙גֶב֙ וְאֵת֙ כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַגֹּ֔שֶׁן וְאֶת־הַשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה וְאֶת־הָעֲרָבָ֑ה וְאֶת־הַ֥ר יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וּשְׁפֵלָתֹֽה׃

Transliteration

And-wayyiqqaḥ yəhôšuaʿ ʾeṯ-all-the-ʾāreṣ the-zōʾṯ the-hār and-ʾeṯ-all-the-neḡeḇ and-ʾēṯ all-ʾereṣ the-gōšen and-ʾeṯ-the-šəp̄ēlâ and-ʾeṯ-the-ʿărāḇâ and-ʾeṯ-har yiśrāʾēl and-šəp̄ēlātōh

Grammar Details

• *wayyiqqaḥ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he took
• *yəhôšuaʿ*: proper name - Joshua
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *kol*: noun, construct - all of
• *hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land
• *hazzōʾṯ*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun fs - this
• *hāhār*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the mountain/hill country
• *wəʾeṯ*: conjunction ו + direct object marker - and
• *hanneḡeḇ*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the south/Negev
• *wəʾēṯ*: conjunction ו + direct object marker - and
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *haggōšen*: definite article + proper name - the Goshen
• *haššəp̄ēlâ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the lowland
• *hāʿărāḇâ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the Arabah/plain
• *har*: noun, masculine singular construct - mountain/hill country of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper name - Israel
• *ûšəp̄ēlātōh*: conjunction ו + noun, feminine singular + 3ms suffix - and its lowland

Word Meanings

• *wayyiqqaḥ*: and he took/and he captured/and he seized
• *ʾāreṣ*: land/country/territory
• *hazzōʾṯ*: this/that
• *hār*: mountain/hill country/highlands
• *neḡeḇ*: south/Negev/southern region
• *gōšen*: Goshen (region in Canaan, not Egypt)
• *šəp̄ēlâ*: lowland/foothills
• *ʿărāḇâ*: Arabah/desert plain/wilderness
• *šəp̄ēlātōh*: its lowland/its foothills

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So hua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  So Joshua{H3091} took{H3947} all that land,{H776} the hill-country,{H2022} and all the South,{H5045} and all the land{H5045} of Goshen,{H1657} and the lowland,{H8219} and the Arabah,{H6160} and the hill-country{H2022} of Israel,{H3478} and the lowland{H8219} of the same;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  So Joshua{H3091} took{H3947}{(H8799)} all that land{H776}, the hills{H2022}, and all the south country{H5045}, and all the land{H776} of Goshen{H1657}, and the valley{H8219}, and the plain{H6160}, and the mountain{H2022} of Israel{H3478}, and the valley{H8219} of the same;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  So Iosua toke all this lode vpon ye moutaynes, & all yt lyeth towarde the south, & all the londe of Gosen, and the lowe countre, & the playne felde, and the mountayne of Israel with the valley therof,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So Ioshua tooke all this land of the mountaines, and all the South, and all the lande of Goshen, and the lowe countrey, and the plaine, and the mountaine of Israel, and the lowe countrey of the same,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And so Iosuah toke all that lande of the hilles, and al the south countrey, and all the lande of Gosan, and the lowe countrey, & the playne, and the mountayne of Israel, and the lowe countrey of the same:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Joshua taketh all this land: the hill-country, and all the south, and all the land of Goshen, and the low country, and the plain, even the hill-country of Israel and its low lands,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland and the Arabah, the hill-country of Israel and its lowland;

• World English Bible (2000)

  So Joshua captured all that land, the hill country, all the South, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, the Arabah, the hill country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  A Summary of Israel’s Victories Joshua conquered the whole land, including the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the foothills, the rift valley, the hill country of Israel and its foothills,

Referenced Verses

• Josh 10:41 : 41 Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the entire region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.
• Josh 11:21 : 21 At that time Joshua came and destroyed the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, Debir, Anab, all the hill country of Judah, and all the hill country of Israel. Joshua devoted them and their cities to destruction.
• Josh 12:8 : 8 It included the hill country, the lowlands, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the land of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
• Ezek 17:23 : 23 I will plant it on the high mountain of Israel. It will bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. Every bird of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.
• Ezek 36:1-3 : 1 And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, 'Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.' 2 This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! Even the ancient high places have become ours as a possession,’ 3 therefore, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have devastated and surrounded you, making you a possession for the remnants of the nations, and because you have become the object of people’s talk and gossip,’
• Ezek 36:8 : 8 But you, mountains of Israel, will yield your branches and bear your fruit for my people Israel, because they are about to come home.
• Gen 15:18-21 : 18 On that day, the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River— 19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
• Num 34:2-9 : 2 Command the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land of Canaan, this is the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance—the land of Canaan with its boundaries: 3 Your southern boundary will begin at the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom, and from the eastern end of the Salt Sea. 4 Then the boundary will turn south to the ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and extend southward to Kadesh-barnea. It will then go out to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon. 5 From Azmon, the boundary will turn to the Wadi of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea. 6 Your western boundary will be the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea; this will be your boundary to the west. 7 Your northern boundary will run from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor. 8 From Mount Hor, you will mark out the boundary to the entrance of Hamath, and the boundary will end at Zedad. 9 The boundary will then go out to Ziphron and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your northern boundary. 10 For your eastern boundary, you are to draw a line from Hazar-enan to Shepham. 11 The boundary will descend from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue downward along the slopes eastward to the Sea of Galilee. 12 The boundary will then follow down the Jordan River and end at the Salt Sea. This will define the land with its borders on all sides. 13 Moses commanded the Israelites, saying: This is the land you are to inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes.
• Deut 34:2-3 : 2 all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea, 3 the Negev and the whole region of the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.
• Josh 9:1 : 1 When all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the lowlands, and along the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the territory opposite Lebanon—heard about this, the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites,
• Josh 11:2 : 2 He also sent to the kings who were in the northern hill country, in the Arabah plain south of Kinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor near the sea.