Revised Version 1895

Joshua 17:12-18

12Yet thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofManassehמְנַשֶּׁ֔הme.na.ShehH4519couldיָכְלוּ֙ya.khe.LuH3201notוְלֹ֤אve.Lo'H3808driveH3423outH3423theinhabitantsH3427ofthoseהָאֵ֑לֶּהha.'E.lehH428citiesהֶֽעָרִ֣יםhe.'a.RimH5892; but theCanaanitesהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔יha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669woulddwellלָשֶׁ֖בֶתla.She.vetH3427in thatlandבָּאָ֥רֶץba.'A.retzH776.

13And itcameH1961topassH1961, when thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478were waxenstrongחָֽזְקוּ֙cha.ze.KuH2388, that theyputוַיִּתְּנ֥וּvai.yi.te.NuH5414theCanaanitesהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖יha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669to taskwork, anddidH3808notH3808utterlydriveH3423themoutH2388.

14And thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofJosephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130spake untoJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Whyמַדּוּעַ֩ma.du.a'H4069hast thougivenH5414meH5414but onelotגּוֹרָ֤לgo.RalH1486and one part for aninheritanceנַחֲלָ֗הna.cha.LahH5159, seeing I am agreatרָ֔בRavH7227peopleעַם־'am-H5971, forasmuch as hitherto theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068hathblessedבֵּֽרְכַ֥נִיbe.re.Kha.niH1288meH5414?

15AndJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them,Ifאִם־'im-H518thou be agreatH7227peopleעַם־'am-H5971,getH5927theeupH5927to theforestהַיַּ֔עְרָהhai.Ya'.rahH3293, and cutdownH3588for thyself there in thelandבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of thePerizzitesהַפְּרִזִּ֖יha.pe.ri.ZiH6522and of theRephaimוְהָֽרְפָאִ֑יםve.ha.re.fa.'ImH7497;sinceH3588thehillהַר־har-H2022countryH2022ofEphraimאֶפְרָֽיִם׃'ef.Ra.yimH669istooH7227narrowאָ֥ץ'atzH213for thee.

16And thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofJosephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130saidH559, Thehillהָהָ֑רha.HarH2022countryH2022isnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808enoughיִמָּ֥צֵאyi.Ma.tze'H4672forusH559: andallH3605theCanaanitesהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669thatdwellהַיֹּשֵׁ֣בhai.yo.ShevH3427in thelandבְּאֶֽרֶץ־be.'e.retz-H776of thevalleyהָעֵ֔מֶקha.'E.mekH6010havechariotsוְרֶ֣כֶבve.Re.khevH7393ofironבַּרְזֶ֗לbar.ZelH1270,bothH3605they who are inBeth-sheanH1052andherH3605townsוּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָu.ve.no.Tei.haH1323, and they who are in thevalleyבְּעֵ֥מֶקbe.'E.mekH6010ofJezreelיִזְרְעֶֽאל׃yiz.re.'ElH3157.

17AndJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ye.ho.Shu.a'H3091spake unto thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJosephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130,evenH3808toEphraimלְאֶפְרַ֥יִםle.'ef.Ra.yimH669and toManassehוְלִמְנַשֶּׁ֖הve.lim.na.ShehH4519,sayingH559, Thou art agreatגָּדוֹל֙ga.dOlH1419peopleעַם־'am-H5971, and hastgreatH1419powerוְכֹ֤חַve.Kho.achH3581: thou shaltnotH3808have onelotגּוֹרָ֥לgo.RalH1486onlyאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259:

18but thehillהַ֤רharH2022countryH2022shall be thine; forthoughH3588it is aforestיַ֣עַרYa.'arH3293, thou shalt cut itdownH3588, and the goingsoutH3423thereof shall be thine: for thou shaltdriveH3423outH3423theCanaanitesהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֗יha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669,thoughH3588they havechariotsרֶ֤כֶבRe.khevH7393ofironבַּרְזֶל֙bar.ZelH1270, andthoughH3588they bestrongחָזָ֖קcha.ZakH2389.

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