Joshua 16:4
Strong's Lexicon
So Ephraim
וְאֶפְרָֽיִם׃ (wə·’ep̄·rā·yim)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 669: Ephraim = 'double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful' 1) second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh 2) the tribe, Ephraim 3) the mountain country of Ephraim 4) sometimes used name for the northern kingdom (Hosea or Isaiah) 5) a city near Baal-hazor 6) a chief gate of Jerusalem

and Manasseh,
מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה (mə·naš·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4519: Manasseh = 'causing to forget' 1) the eldest son of Joseph and progenitor of the tribe of Manasseh 1a) the tribe descended from Manasseh 1b) the territory occupied by the tribe of Manasseh 2) son of king Hezekiah of Judah and himself king of Judah; he was the immediate and direct cause for the exile 3) a descendant of Pahath-moab who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 4) a descendant of Hashum who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

the sons
בְנֵי־ (ḇə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class

of Joseph,
יוֹסֵ֖ף (yō·w·sêp̄)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3130: Joseph = 'Jehovah has added' 1) the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel 2) father of Igal, who represented the tribe of Issachar among the spies 3) a son of Asaph 4) a man who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 5) a priest of the family of Shebaniah in the time of Nehemiah

received their inheritance.
וַיִּנְחֲל֥וּ (way·yin·ḥă·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5157: 1) to get as a possession, acquire, inherit, possess 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take possession, inherit 1a2) to have or get as a possession or property (fig.) 1a3) to divide the land for a possession 1a4) to acquire (testimonies) (fig.) 1b) (Piel) to divide for a possession 1c) (Hithpael) to possess oneself of 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to give as a possession 1d2) to cause to inherit, give as an inheritance 1e) (Hophal) to be allotted, be made to possess

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Joseph—Manasseh and Ephraim—inherit.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.

New American Standard Bible
The sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.

King James Bible
So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
So Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance.

New Living Translation
This was the homeland allocated to the families of Joseph's sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

English Standard Version
The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.

New American Standard Bible
The sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.

King James Bible
So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.

International Standard Version
Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance.

NET Bible
Joseph's descendants, Manasseh and Ephraim, were assigned their land.

American Standard Version
And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

English Revised Version
And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Joseph -- Manasseh and Ephraim -- inherit.
















Cross References
Joshua 17:14
And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?

Joshua 16:5
And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;

Joshua 1:1
Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

Joshua 16:3
And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.

Joshua 16:2
And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,

Joshua 16:1
And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,

Joshua 16:6
And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;

Joshua 16:7
And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
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