--- title: Joshua 16 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Joshua chapter 16 of the Tanakh (Nevi'im — the Prophets) in Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: And the lot for the children of Joseph went out from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, going up --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Joshua](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/) / chapter 16 # Joshua 16 10 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [16:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.16.1/) — וַיֵּצֵא הַגּוֹרָל לִבְנֵי יוֹסֵף מִיַּרְדֵּן יְרִיחוֹ לְמֵי יְרִיחוֹ מִזְרָחָה הַמִּדְבָּר עֹלֶה מִירִיחוֹ בָּהָר בֵּֽית־אֵֽלבֵּֽית־אֵֽל׃ — And the lot for the children of Joseph went out from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to the wilderness, even to Beth-el. - [16:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.16.2/) — וְיָצָא מִבֵּֽית־אֵלבֵּֽית־אֵל לוּזָה וְעָבַר אֶל־גְּבוּל הָאַרְכִּי עֲטָרֽוֹת׃ — And it went out from Beth-el-luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth. - [16:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.16.3/) — וְיָֽרַד־יָמָּה אֶל־גְּבוּל הַיַּפְלֵטִי עַד גְּבוּל בֵּית־חוֹרֹןבֵּית־חוֹרֹן תַּחְתּוֹן וְעַד־גָּזֶר וְהָיוּ תֹצְאֹתָיו יָֽמָּה׃ — And it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, unto the border of Beth-horon the nether, even unto Gezer; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. - [16:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.16.4/) — וַיִּנְחֲלוּ בְנֵי־יוֹסֵף מְנַשֶּׁה וְאֶפְרָֽיִם׃ — And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. - [16:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.16.5/) — וַיְהִי גְּבוּל בְּנֵֽי־אֶפְרַיִם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם וַיְהִי גְּבוּל נַחֲלָתָם מִזְרָחָה עַטְרוֹת אַדָּר עַטְרוֹת אַדָּר עַד־בֵּית חוֹרֹן בֵּית חוֹרֹן עֶלְיֽוֹן׃ — And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus; even the border of their inheritance eastward was Atroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper. - [16:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.16.6/) — וְיָצָא הַגְּבוּל הַיָּמָּה הַֽמִּכְמְתָת מִצָּפוֹן וְנָסַב הַגְּבוּל מִזְרָחָה תַּאֲנַת שִׁלֹה תַּאֲנַת שִׁלֹה וְעָבַר אוֹתוֹ מִמִּזְרַח יָנֽוֹחָה׃ — And the border went out westward, Mich-methath being on the north; and the border turned about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah. - [16:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.16.7/) — וְיָרַד מִיָּנוֹחָה עֲטָרוֹת וְנַעֲרָתָה וּפָגַע בִּֽירִיחוֹ וְיָצָא הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ — And it went down from Janoah to Ataroth, and to Naarah, and reached unto Jericho, and went out at the Jordan. - [16:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.16.8/) — מִתַּפּוּחַ יֵלֵךְ הַגְּבוּל יָמָּה נַחַל קָנָה וְהָיוּ תֹצְאֹתָיו הַיָּמָּה זֹאת נַחֲלַת מַטֵּה בְנֵי־אֶפְרַיִם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃ — From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families; - [16:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.16.9/) — וְהֶעָרִים הַמִּבְדָּלוֹת לִבְנֵי אֶפְרַיִם בְּתוֹךְ נַחֲלַת בְּנֵֽי־מְנַשֶּׁה כָּֽל־הֶעָרִים וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ — together with the cities which were separated for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. - [16:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.16.10/) — וְלֹא הוֹרִישׁוּ אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי הַיּוֹשֵׁב בְּגָזֶר וַיֵּשֶׁב הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי בְּקֶרֶב אֶפְרַיִם עַד־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וַיְהִי לְמַס־עֹבֵֽד׃פ — And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in the midst of Ephraim, unto this day, and became servants to do taskwork. - ← previous: [Joshua 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/15/) - next →: [Joshua 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/17/) - ↑ back to [Joshua](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS/)