Joshua 24:13
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
עָמָל
ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
זַיִת
zayith
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
נָטַע
nâṭaʻ
properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
זַיִת zayith
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
Study H2132 →נָטַע nâṭaʻ
properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
Study H5193 →עָמָל ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
Study H5999 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
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