Joshua 22:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ אֶל־בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵ֧ן וְאֶל־בְּנֵי־גָ֛ד וְאֶל־חֲצִ֥י שֵֽׁבֶט־מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַגִּלְעָ֑ד וַיְדַבְּר֥וּ אִתָּ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר׃

Transliteration

wa-yābōʾû to bənê-rəʾûbēn and to bənê-gād and to ḥăṣî šēbeṭ-mənaššeh to ʾereṣ ha-gilʿād wa-yədabbərû ʾittām lēʾmōr

Grammar Details

• *wa-yābōʾû*: waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they came
• *bənê-rəʾûbēn*: construct noun + proper noun - sons/children of Reuben
• *bənê-gād*: construct noun + proper noun - sons/children of Gad
• *ḥăṣî šēbeṭ-mənaššeh*: noun + construct noun + proper noun - half tribe of Manasseh
• *ʾereṣ ha-gilʿād*: construct noun + definite article + proper noun - land of the Gilead
• *wa-yədabbərû*: waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they spoke
• *ʾittām*: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - with them
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + infinitive construct - saying

Word Meanings

• *wa-yābōʾû*: and they came/went/entered
• *wa-yədabbərû*: and they spoke/talked/discussed
• *lēʾmōr*: saying/to say/thus

Referenced Verses

• Exod 32:8 : 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
• Lev 5:19 : 19 It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the LORD.
• Lev 17:8-9 : 8 And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, 9 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the LORD; even that man shall be cut off from among his people.
• Lev 26:40 : 40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
• Num 5:6 : 6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;
• Num 14:43 : 43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.
• Num 32:15 : 15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
• Deut 7:4 : 4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
• Deut 12:4-6 : 4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God. 5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
• Deut 12:13-14 : 13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: 14 But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
• Deut 30:17 : 17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
• Josh 22:12 : 12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
• Josh 22:18 : 18 But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
• 1 Sam 15:23 : 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
• 1 Chr 21:3 : 3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
• 2 Chr 10:19 : 19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
• 2 Chr 25:27 : 27 Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
• 2 Chr 26:18 : 18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.
• 2 Chr 28:13 : 13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.
• Ezra 9:2 : 2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
• Ezra 9:15 : 15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
• Ps 78:8 : 8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn{H8802)} and rebellious{H8802)} generation; a generation that set not their heart aright{H8689)}, and whose spirit was not stedfast{H8738)} with God.
• Isa 63:10 : 10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
• Matt 6:14-15 : 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
• Matt 18:17 : 17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
• 1 Cor 1:10 : 10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
• 1 Cor 5:4 : 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
• Gal 1:1-2 : 1 Paul, an apostle,(not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) 2 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:
• Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: