Joshua 14:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half-tribe on the other side of the Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־נָתַ֨ן מֹשֶׁ֜ה נַחֲלַ֨ת שְׁנֵ֤י הַמַּטּוֹת֙ וַחֲצִ֣י הַמַּטֶּ֔ה מֵעֵ֖בֶר לַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן וְלַ֨לְוִיִּ֔ם לֹֽא־נָתַ֥ן נַחֲלָ֖ה בְּתוֹכָֽם׃

Transliteration

For nātan mōšeh naḥălat šᵊnê hammaṭṭôt and ḥăṣî hammaṭṭeh from ʿēber to hayyardēn and to halᵊwiyyim not nātan naḥălāh in tôkām.

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *nātan*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he gave
• *mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *naḥălat*: noun, feminine singular construct - inheritance of
• *šᵊnê*: number, masculine construct - two of
• *hammaṭṭôt*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the tribes
• *wa*: conjunction - and
• *ḥăṣî*: noun, masculine singular construct - half of
• *hammaṭṭeh*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the tribe
• *mē*: preposition - from
• *ʿēber*: noun, masculine singular construct - side of/beyond
• *la*: preposition - to
• *yardēn*: proper noun - Jordan
• *wᵊ*: conjunction - and
• *halᵊwiyyim*: definite article + proper noun, plural - the Levites
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *naḥălāh*: noun, feminine singular - inheritance
• *bᵊ*: preposition - in/among
• *tôkām*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their midst

Word Meanings

• *nātan*: gave/granted/bestowed
• *naḥălat*: inheritance of/possession of
• *ʿēber*: side/beyond/across from
• *tôkām*: their midst/among them

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For Moses had given the inheritance to the two and a half tribes east of the Jordan River, but to the Levites he did not give any inheritance among them.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For Moses{H4872} had given{H5414} the inheritance{H5159} of the two{H8147} tribes{H4294} and the {H2677} half-tribe{H4294} beyond{H5676} the Jordan:{H3383} but unto the Levites{H3881} he gave{H5414} no inheritance{H5159} among{H8432} them.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For Moses{H4872} had given{H5414}{(H8804)} the inheritance{H5159} of two{H8147} tribes{H4294} and an half{H2677} tribe{H4294} on the other side{H5676} Jordan{H3383}: but unto the Levites{H3881} he gave{H5414}{(H8804)} none inheritance{H5159} among{H8432} them.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  for vnto the two trybes and the halfe dyd Moses geue enheritaunce beyonde Iordane. But vnto the Leuites he gaue no enheritaunce amonge them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For Moses had giuen inheritance vnto two tribes & an halfe tribe, beyond Iorde: but vnto the Leuites he gaue none inheritance among them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For Moyses had geue inheritaunce vnto two tribes & an halfe, on the other syde Iordane: But vnto the Leuites he gaue none inheritaunce among the.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for Moses hath given the inheritance of two of the tribes, and of half of the tribe, beyond the Jordan, and to the Levites he hath not given an inheritance in their midst;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For Moses had given their heritage to the two tribes and the half-tribe on the other side of Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no heritage among them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan; but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now Moses had assigned land to the two and a half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land to the Levites.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 13:14 : 14 Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said to them.
• Josh 13:8 : 8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;
• Josh 13:32-33 : 32 These are the lands which Moses distributed for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward. 33 But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance; the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said to them.
• Num 32:29-42 : 29 And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man armed for battle, before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession. 30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. 31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD has said to your servants, so will we do. 32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side of the Jordan may be ours. 33 And Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the borders, even the cities of the country round about. 34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, and Aroer, 35 And Atroth Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fortified cities: and folds for sheep. 37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, 38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names to the cities which they built. 39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite who was there. 40 And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt there. 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair. 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and its surrounding villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
• Deut 3:12-17 : 12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half the mountain of Gilead, and its cities, I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites. 13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which is called the land of giants. 14 Jair, the son of Manasseh, took all the country of Argob to the borders of Geshuri and Maachathi; and he called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, to this day. 15 And I gave Gilead to Machir. 16 And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the river Arnon, half the valley, and the border even to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; 17 The plain also, and the Jordan, and its border, from Chinnereth even to the sea of the plain, the salt sea, under the eastern slopes of Pisgah.