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Joshua 17:12-18

12ButthechildrenofManassehמְנַשֶּׁ֔הme.na.ShehH4519couldnotdispossessH3423[theinhabitantsH3427of]thosecitiesהֶֽעָרִ֣יםhe.'a.RimH5892;andtheCanaanitesH3669woulddwellלָשֶׁ֖בֶתla.She.vetH3427inthatlandבָּאָ֥רֶץba.'A.retzH776.

13AnditcametopasswhenthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478wereH1961becomeH1961strongחָֽזְקוּ֙cha.ze.KuH2388,thattheymadeH5414theCanaanitesH3669tributary;buttheydidnotutterlydispossessH3423them.

14AndthechildrenofJosephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130spokeH1696toJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Whyמַדּוּעַ֩ma.du.a'H4069hast thougivenH5414measinheritanceנַחֲלָ֗הna.cha.LahH5159oneאֶחָד֙'e.ChadH259lotגּוֹרָ֤לgo.RalH1486andoneאֶחָ֔ד'e.ChadH259portionH1486, seeingIamagreatH7227peopleעַם־'am-H5971, forasmuchasJehovahhasblessedH1288mehitherto?

15AndJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091saidH559untothem,Ifthou artagreatH7227peopleעַם־'am-H5971,thengettheeuptothewood,andcutdownforthyselfthereinthelandבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofthePerizzitesandofthegiants,ifthehill-countryofEphraimאֶפְרָֽיִם׃'ef.Ra.yimH669istooH7227narrowforthee.

16AndthechildrenofJosephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130saidH559,Thehill-countrywillnotbeenoughforus;andalltheCanaanitesH3669thatdwellהַיֹּשֵׁ֣בhai.yo.ShevH3427inthelandבְּאֶֽרֶץ־be.'e.retz-H776ofthevalleyהָעֵ֔מֶקha.'E.mekH6010havechariotsH7393ofironבַּרְזֶ֗לbar.ZelH1270,thosethatareofBeth-sheanH1052anditsdependentvillages,andthosethatareinthevalleyבְּעֵ֥מֶקbe.'E.mekH6010ofJizreel.

17AndJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ye.ho.Shu.a'H3091spoketothehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJosephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130,toEphraimלְאֶפְרַ֥יִםle.'ef.Ra.yimH669andtoManassehוְלִמְנַשֶּׁ֖הve.lim.na.ShehH4519,sayingH559, Thou artagreatגָּדוֹל֙ga.dOlH1419peopleעַם־'am-H5971,andhastgreatH1419powerH3581: thou shaltnothaveoneאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259lotגּוֹרָ֥לgo.RalH1486only,

18butthehill-countryshallbeH1961thine,asitisawood, thou shalt cutitdown,anditsoutgoingsshallbeH1961thine;forthou shaltdispossessתוֹרִ֣ישׁto.RishH3423theCanaanitesH3669,thoughtheyhaveironבַּרְזֶל֙bar.ZelH1270chariotsH7393;fortheyarepowerful.

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