Joshua 18:9

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{ "verseID": "Joshua.18.9", "source": "וַיֵּלְכוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים וַיַּעַבְרוּ בָאָרֶץ וַיִּכְתְּבוּהָ לֶעָרִים לְשִׁבְעָה חֲלָקִים עַל־סֵפֶר וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶל־הַמַּחֲנֶה שִׁלֹה", "text": "*wa-yyēləkû hā-ʾănāšîm wa-yyaʿabrû bā-ʾāreṣ wa-yyiktəbûhā le-ʿārîm lə-šibʿâ ḥălāqîm ʿal-sēper wa-yyābōʾû ʾel-yəhôšuaʿ ʾel-ha-mmaḥăneh šilōh*", "grammar": { "*wa-yyēləkû*": "consecutive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they went", "*hā-ʾănāšîm*": "definite article + noun, masculine plural - the men", "*wa-yyaʿabrû*": "consecutive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they passed through", "*bā-ʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the land", "*wa-yyiktəbûhā*": "consecutive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and they wrote it", "*le-ʿārîm*": "preposition + noun, feminine plural - by cities", "*lə-šibʿâ*": "preposition + numeral, feminine - into seven", "*ḥălāqîm*": "noun, masculine plural - portions/divisions", "*ʿal-sēper*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - on a scroll/book", "*wa-yyābōʾû*": "consecutive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they came", "*ʾel-yəhôšuaʿ*": "preposition + proper noun - to Joshua", "*ʾel-ha-mmaḥăneh*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the camp", "*šilōh*": "proper noun - Shiloh" }, "variants": { "*wa-yyaʿabrû*": "passed through/traversed/crossed over", "*wa-yyiktəbûhā*": "wrote it down/recorded it/described it", "*le-ʿārîm*": "by cities/according to cities/city by city", "*ḥălāqîm*": "portions/divisions/parts", "*ʿal-sēper*": "on a scroll/in a book/written document" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּלְכוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים וַיַּעַבְרוּ בָאָרֶץ וַיִּכְתְּבוּהָ לֶעָרִים לְשִׁבְעָה חֲלָקִים עַל־סֵפֶר וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶל־הַמַּחֲנֶה שִׁלֹה

Transliteration

wa-yyēləkû hā-ʾănāšîm wa-yyaʿabrû bā-ʾāreṣ wa-yyiktəbûhā le-ʿārîm lə-šibʿâ ḥălāqîm ʿal-sēper wa-yyābōʾû ʾel-yəhôšuaʿ ʾel-ha-mmaḥăneh šilōh

Grammar Details

• *wa-yyēləkû*: consecutive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they went
• *hā-ʾănāšîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the men
• *wa-yyaʿabrû*: consecutive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they passed through
• *bā-ʾāreṣ*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the land
• *wa-yyiktəbûhā*: consecutive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and they wrote it
• *le-ʿārîm*: preposition + noun, feminine plural - by cities
• *lə-šibʿâ*: preposition + numeral, feminine - into seven
• *ḥălāqîm*: noun, masculine plural - portions/divisions
• *ʿal-sēper*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - on a scroll/book
• *wa-yyābōʾû*: consecutive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they came
• *ʾel-yəhôšuaʿ*: preposition + proper noun - to Joshua
• *ʾel-ha-mmaḥăneh*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the camp
• *šilōh*: proper noun - Shiloh

Word Meanings

• *wa-yyaʿabrû*: passed through/traversed/crossed over
• *wa-yyiktəbûhā*: wrote it down/recorded it/described it
• *le-ʿārîm*: by cities/according to cities/city by city
• *ḥălāqîm*: portions/divisions/parts
• *ʿal-sēper*: on a scroll/in a book/written document

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So the men went and surveyed the land. They wrote a description of it by its towns in seven divisions and brought the report back to Joshua at the camp at Shiloh.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to hua to the host at Shiloh.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  So the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and returned to Joshua at Shiloh.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  So the men departed, and wente thorow the londe, and descrybed it in seuen partes vpon a letter acordinge to the cities, and came to Iosua in to the hoost at Silo.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So the men departed, and passed through the lande, and described it by cities into seuen partes in a booke, and returned to Ioshua into the campe at Shiloh.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the men departed, and walked through the lande, and described it by cities into seuen partes in a booke, and returned to Iosuah into ye hoast at Silo.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came [again] to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the men go, and pass over through the land, and describe it by cities, in seven portions, on a book, and they come in unto Joshua, unto the camp, `at' Shiloh.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So the men went, travelling through the land, and made a record of it by towns in seven parts in a book, and came back to Joshua to the tent-circle at Shiloh.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The men went and passed through the land, and surveyed it by cities into seven portions in a book. They came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The men journeyed through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

Referenced Verses

• Acts 13:19 : 19 { "verseID": "Acts.13.19", "source": "Καὶ καθελὼν ἔθνη ἑπτὰ ἐν γῇ Χαναάν, κατεκληροδότησεν αὐτοίς τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν.", "text": "And *kathelōn* *ethnē* *hepta* in *gē* *Chanaan*, *kateklērodotēsen* to them the *gēn* of them.", "grammar": { "*kathelōn*": "aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having destroyed", "*ethnē*": "accusative, neuter, plural - nations", "*hepta*": "accusative, neuter - seven", "*gē*": "dative, feminine, singular - land", "*Chanaan*": "dative, feminine, singular - Canaan", "*kateklērodotēsen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - gave as inheritance", "*autois*": "dative, masculine, plural - to them", "*gēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - land", "*autōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of them" }, "variants": { "*kathelōn*": "having destroyed/removed/taken down", "*ethnē*": "nations/peoples/gentiles", "*gē*": "land/earth/ground", "*kateklērodotēsen*": "gave as inheritance/distributed by lot/allotted" } }