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Joshua 22:11

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And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that [are] in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.	And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.	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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 heard^H8085 say^H559, Behold, the children^H1121 of Reuben^H7205 and the children^H1121 of Gad^H1410 and the half^H2677 tribe^H7626 of Manasseh^H4519 have built^H1129 an altar^H4196 over against^H4136 the land^H776 of Canaan^H3667, in the borders^H1552 of Jordan^H3383, at the passage^H5676 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה בָנוּ בְנֵי־רְאוּבֵן וּבְנֵי־גָד וַחֲצִי שֵׁבֶט הַמְנַשֶּׁה אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֶל־מוּל אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן אֶל־גְּלִילֹות הַיַּרְדֵּן אֶל־עֵבֶר בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּשְׁמְע֥וּ	va/i.yish.me.'U	H8085	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they heard
בְנֵֽי	ve.nei-	H1121	HNcmpc	(the) people of
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
לֵ/אמֹ֑ר	le./Mor	H559	HR/Vqc	(to)/ saying
הִנֵּ֣ה	hi.Neh	H2009	HTm	there!
בָנ֣וּ	va.Nu	H1129	HVqp3cp	they have built
בְנֵֽי	ve.nei-	H1121	HNcmpc	(the) descendants of
רְאוּבֵ֣ן	re.'u.Ven	H7205	HNp	Reuben
וּ/בְנֵי	u./ve.nei-	H1121	HC/Ncmpc	and/ (the) descendants of
גָ֡ד	gad	H1410	HNp	Gad
וַ/חֲצִי֩	va./cha.Tzi	H2677	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) half of
שֵׁ֨בֶט	She.vet	H7626	HNcmsc	(the) tribe of
הַֽ/מְנַשֶּׁ֜ה	ha/m.na.Sheh	H4519	HTd/Np	(the)/ Manasseh
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֗חַ	ha./miz.Be.ach	H4196	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ altar
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
מוּל֙	mul	H4136	HR	opposite to
אֶ֣רֶץ	'E.retz	H776	HNcbsc	(the) land of
כְּנַ֔עַן	ke.Na.'an	H3667	HNp	Canaan
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
גְּלִילוֹת֙	ge.li.lOt	H1552	HNcfpc	Geliloth of
הַ/יַּרְדֵּ֔ן	hai./yar.Den	H3383	HTd/Np	the/ Jordan
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
עֵ֖בֶר	'E.ver	H5676	HNcmsc	(the) side of
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	H1121	HNcmpc	(the) people of
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H1129 — בָּנָה (bânâh, baw-naw'): a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.
• H1410 — גָּד (Gâd, gawd): from גּוּד; Gad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territory; also a prophet; Gad.
• H1552 — גְלִילָה (gᵉlîylâh, ghel-ee-law'): feminine of גָּלִיל; a circuit or region; border, coast, country.
• H2677 — חֵצִי (chêtsîy, khay-tsee'): from חָצָהlemma חָעָה ayin, corrected to חָצָה; the half or middle; half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.
• H3383 — יַרְדֵּן (Yardên, yar-dane'): from יָרַד; a descender; Jarden, the principal river of Palestine; Jordan.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H3667 — כְּנַעַן (Kᵉnaʻan, ken-ah'-an): from כָּנַע; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him; Canaan, merchant, traffick.
• H4136 — מוּל (mûwl, mool): or מוֹל; (Deuteronomy 1:1), or מוֹאל; (Nehemiah 12:38), or מֻל; (Numbers 22:5), from מוּל; properly, abrupt, i.e. a precipice; by implication, the front; used only adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite; (over) against, before, (fore-) front, from, (God-) ward, toward, with.
• H4196 — מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbêach, miz-bay'-akh): from זָבַח; an altar; altar.
• H4519 — מְנַשֶּׁה (Mᵉnashsheh, men-ash-sheh'): from נָשָׁה; causing to forget; Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; Manasseh.
• H5676 — עֵבֶר (ʻêber, ay'-ber): from עָבַר; properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east); [idiom] against, beyond, by, [idiom] from, over, passage, quarter, (other, this) side, straight.
• H7205 — רְאוּבֵן (Rᵉʼûwbên, reh-oo-bane'): from the imperative of רָאָה and בֵּן; see ye a son; Reuben, a son of Jacob; Reuben.
• H7626 — שֵׁבֶט (shêbeṭ, shay'-bet): from an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan; [idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
• H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• at the passage — Joshua 2:7, Joshua 3:14-16, Judges 12:5, John 1:28
• heard — Leviticus 17:8-9, Deuteronomy 12:5-7, Deuteronomy 13:12-14, John 20:1, John 20:12

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: GAD, THE TRIBE OF, REUBEN, THE TRIBE OF
• Nave’s: GAD, HASTE, MISJUDGMENT, MOTIVE, PRUDENCE, REUBENITES, UNCHARITABLENESS, WAR, ZEAL, RELIGIOUS

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