Joshua 17:15
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And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”
In other translations
And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אֲלֵיהֶם'aleihemto themH413יְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua'JoshuaH3091אִם־'im-ifH518עַם־'am-[are] a peopleH5971רַבravnumerousH7227אַתָּה'atahyouH859עֲלֵה'alehgo upH5927לְךָlekhafor <the> yourselfהַיַּעְרָהhaiya'rahthe forest towardsH3293וּבֵרֵאתָuveretaand you will cut downH1254לְךָlekhafor <the> yourselfשָׁםshamthereH8033בְּאֶרֶץbe'eretzin [the] land ofH776הַפְּרִזִּיhaperizithe Perizzite[s]H6522וְהָרְפָאִיםveharefa'imand the RephaitesH7497כִּי־ki-thatH3588אָץ'atzit is narrowH213לְךָlekhafor <the> youהַר־har-[the] hill country ofH2022אֶפְרָיִם׃'efrayimEphraimH669
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