אֶחָד֙ [only] ’e·ḥāḏ וְחֶ֣בֶל . . . wə·ḥe·ḇel אֶחָ֔ד one ’e·ḥāḏ גּוֹרָ֤ל portion gō·w·rāl נַחֲלָ֗ה as an inheritance ? na·ḥă·lāh וַֽאֲנִ֣י We wa·’ă·nî רָ֔ב have many rāḇ עַם־ people , ‘am- עַ֥ד because ‘aḏ אֲשֶׁר־ - ’ă·šer- יְהוָֽה׃ YHWH Yah·weh עַד־ vvv ‘aḏ- כֹּ֖ה vvv kōh בֵּֽרְכַ֥נִי has blessed us abundantly . ” bê·rə·ḵa·nî Joshua 17:15 יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ Joshua yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר answered way·yō·mer אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם them , ’ă·lê·hem אִם־ “ If ’im- אַתָּה֙ you ’at·tāh רַ֤ב have so many raḇ עַם־ people ‘am- כִּֽי־ that kî- הַר־ the hill country har- אֶפְרָֽיִם׃ of Ephraim ’ep̄·rā·yim אָ֥ץ is too small ’āṣ לְךָ֖ for you , lə·ḵā עֲלֵ֣ה go ‘ă·lêh לְךָ֣ to lə·ḵā הַיַּ֔עְרָה the forest hay·ya‘·rāh וּבֵרֵאתָ֤ and clear ū·ḇê·rê·ṯā לְךָ֙ for yourself lə·ḵā שָׁ֔ם an area šām בְּאֶ֥רֶץ in the land bə·’e·reṣ הַפְּרִזִּ֖י of the Perizzites hap·pə·riz·zî וְהָֽרְפָאִ֑ים and the Rephaim . ” wə·hā·rə·p̄ā·’îm Joshua 17:16 הָהָ֑ר “ The hill country hā·hār לֹֽא־ is not lō- יִמָּ֥צֵא enough yim·mā·ṣê לָ֖נוּ for us , ” lā·nū בְּנֵ֣י [they] bə·nê יוֹסֵ֔ף . . . yō·w·sêp̄ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ replied , way·yō·mə·rū בְּכָל־ “ and all bə·ḵāl הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ the Canaanites hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî הַיֹּשֵׁ֣ב who live hay·yō·šêḇ הָעֵ֔מֶק in the valley hā·‘ê·meq לַֽאֲשֶׁ֤ר - la·’ă·šer בְּבֵית־ bə·ḇêṯ- בְּאֶֽרֶץ־ bə·’e·reṣ- בַּרְזֶ֗ל have iron bar·zel וְרֶ֣כֶב chariots , wə·re·ḵeḇ שְׁאָן֙ both in Beth-shean šə·’ān וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ with its towns ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯe·hā וְלַֽאֲשֶׁ֖ר - wə·la·’ă·šer בְּעֵ֥מֶק and in the Valley bə·‘ê·meq יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃ of Jezreel . ” yiz·rə·‘el Joshua 17:17 יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ So Joshua yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר said way·yō·mer אֶל־ to ’el- בֵּ֣ית the house bêṯ יוֹסֵ֔ף of Joseph — yō·w·sêp̄ לְאֶפְרַ֥יִם to Ephraim lə·’ep̄·ra·yim וְלִמְנַשֶּׁ֖ה and Manasseh — wə·lim·naš·šeh לֵאמֹ֑ר . . . lê·mōr רַ֣ב “You have many raḇ אַתָּ֗ה . . . ’at·tāh עַם־ people ‘am- גָּדוֹל֙ and great gā·ḏō·wl לָ֔ךְ - lāḵ וְכֹ֤חַ strength . wə·ḵō·aḥ לֹֽא־ You shall not lō- יִהְיֶ֥ה have yih·yeh לְךָ֖ . . . lə·ḵā אֶחָֽד׃ just one ’e·ḥāḏ גּוֹרָ֥ל allotment , gō·w·rāl Joshua 17:18 כִּ֣י because kî הַ֤ר the hill country har יִֽהְיֶה־ will be yih·yeh- לָּךְ֙ yours as well . lāḵ כִּֽי־ - kî- ה֔וּא It hū יַ֣עַר is a forest ; ya·‘ar וּבֵ֣רֵאת֔וֹ clear it , ū·ḇê·rê·ṯōw תֹּֽצְאֹתָ֑יו and its farthest limits tō·ṣə·’ō·ṯāw וְהָיָ֥ה will be wə·hā·yāh לְךָ֖ yours . lə·ḵā כִּֽי־ kî- כִּ֣י Although kî

