The Meaning of Judges 2:9 Explained

Judges 2:9

KJV: And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.

YLT: and they bury him in the border of his inheritance, in Timnath-Heres, in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of mount Gaash;

Darby: And they buried him within the bounds of his inheritance in Tim'nath-he'res, in the hill country of E'phraim, north of the mountain of Ga'ash.

ASV: And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they buried  him in the border  of his inheritance  in Timnathheres,  in the mount  of Ephraim,  on the north side  of the hill  Gaash. 

What does Judges 2:9 Mean?

Study Notes

Timmathheres
Timnathserah. Joshua 19:50 .

Context Summary

Judges 2:6-15 - A Generation That Knew Not Jehovah
What a thrilling experience it must have been to hear Joshua and Caleb talk of Egypt, the Red Sea, and Sinai! The younger men would stand awestruck as the veterans narrated their experiences of God. Open your diaries of the past, ye older saints, and tell what the Lord hath done for you. It will hearten us for the fight, Malachi 3:16.
Joshua was carried to his last resting-place in his inheritance-"the portion of the sun"-amid the respect and affection of the entire people. Like Moses, he had deserved to be known as "the servant of the Lord." The elders, who had witnessed the conquest of Canaan, took up his testimony and told of Jericho and the valley of Ajalon. But these also were "gathered unto their fathers," which implies more than burial. They joined the great throng of holy ones who are gathering around our Lord, awaiting the hour when, as a radiant throng, they shall issue forth with Him to take up the kingdom of the world. What a gathering that will be! Whatever else we miss, let us see to it that we stand in our lot, "at the end of the days," Genesis 49:33; Genesis 50:14; Daniel 12:13. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 2

1  An angel rebukes the people at Bochim
6  The wickedness of the new generation after Joshua
14  God's anger and pity toward them
20  The Canaanites left to prove Israel

What do the individual words in Judges 2:9 mean?

And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Heres in the mountains of Ephraim on the north side of Mount Gaash
וַיִּקְבְּר֤וּ אוֹתוֹ֙ בִּגְב֣וּל נַחֲלָת֔וֹ בְּתִמְנַת־ חֶ֖רֶס בְּהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם מִצְּפ֖וֹן לְהַר־ גָּֽעַשׁ

וַיִּקְבְּר֤וּ  And  they  buried 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: קָבַר  
Sense: to bury.
בִּגְב֣וּל  within  the  border 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: גְּבוּל  
Sense: border, territory.
נַחֲלָת֔וֹ  of  his  inheritance 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.
בְּתִמְנַת־  at 
Parse: Preposition
חֶ֖רֶס  Timnath  Heres 
Parse: Preposition, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: תִּמְנַת־חֶרֶס 
Sense: a city given to Joshua as a inheritance in the mountains of Ephraim on the north of the hill of Gaash where he was buried.
בְּהַ֣ר  in  the  mountains 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
אֶפְרָ֑יִם  of  Ephraim 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶפְרַיִם  
Sense: second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh.
מִצְּפ֖וֹן  on  the  north  side 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: צָפֹון  
Sense: north (of direction), northward.
לְהַר־  of  Mount 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
גָּֽעַשׁ  Gaash 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גַּעַשׁ  
Sense: a mountain of Ephraim where Joshua was buried.

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