The Meaning of Joshua 11:16 Explained

Joshua 11:16

KJV: So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;

YLT: And Joshua taketh all this land: the hill-country, and all the south, and all the land of Goshen, and the low country, and the plain, even the hill-country of Israel and its low lands,

Darby: And Joshua took all that land, the mountain and all the south, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and its lowland;

ASV: So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So Joshua  took  all that land,  the hills,  and all the south country,  and all the land  of Goshen,  and the valley,  and the plain,  and the mountain  of Israel,  and the valley  of the same; 

What does Joshua 11:16 Mean?

Context Summary

Joshua 11:16-23 - Much Land Yet To Be Possessed
We do not know how long the war lasted. Probably about seven years, Joshua 14:10 (forty-five less thirty-eight). It was only in David's reign that the Canaanites were finally subdued. Note that Joshua took the land and then gave it to Israel. So Christ received the fullness of the Spirit and all spiritual blessings as the Trustee of those who believe; but we must claim and appropriate our heritage. So at last there will be rest, Joshua 11:23.
With Joshua 13:1 begins the second division of this book. A Doomsday Book! How significant is the sentence, "Much land to be possessed." This is true of tracts of the Bible, seldom read by ordinary Christians; of regions of experience, such as those alluded to in Colossians 3:1-4; and of countries in the world which have never been trodden by the feet of the missionary!
Read also Joshua 13:13. What pathos it contains! Either they did not believe in God's assurances, or were too indolent to claim them! [source]

Chapter Summary: Joshua 11

1  Diverse kings overcome at the waters of Merom
10  Hazor is taken and burnt
16  All the country taken by Joshua
21  The Anakims cut off
23  The land rests from war

What do the individual words in Joshua 11:16 mean?

Thus took Joshua - all land this the mountain country and the Negev and the land of Goshen the lowland the [Jordan] plain the mountains of Israel and its lowlands
וַיִּקַּ֨ח יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ אֶת־ כָּל־ הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֗את הָהָ֤ר וְאֶת־ הַנֶּ֙גֶב֙ וְאֵת֙ אֶ֣רֶץ הַגֹּ֔שֶׁן הַשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה הָעֲרָבָ֑ה הַ֥ר יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וּשְׁפֵלָתֹֽה

וַיִּקַּ֨ח  Thus  took 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ  Joshua 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהֹושֻׁעַ  
Sense: son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim and successor to Moses as the leader of the children of Israel; led the conquest of Canaan.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הָאָ֣רֶץ  land 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
הַזֹּ֗את  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
הָהָ֤ר  the  mountain  country 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
הַנֶּ֙גֶב֙  the  Negev 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: נֶגֶב  
Sense: south-country, Nekeb, south.
אֶ֣רֶץ  the  land 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
הַגֹּ֔שֶׁן  of  Goshen 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גֹּשֶׁן  
Sense: a region in northern Egypt, east of the lower Nile, where the children of Israel lived from the time of Joseph to the time of Moses.
הַשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה  the  lowland 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שְׁפֵלָה  
Sense: lowland, valley.
הָעֲרָבָ֑ה  the  [Jordan]  plain 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֲרָבָה  
Sense: desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness.
הַ֥ר  the  mountains 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
וּשְׁפֵלָתֹֽה  and  its  lowlands 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: שְׁפֵלָה  
Sense: lowland, valley.