| 16. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Joshua 17:16:1 ⧉וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙vayomruAnd said Joshua 17:16:2 ⧉בְּנֵ֣יbeneithe sons of Joshua 17:16:3 ⧉יוֹסֵ֔ףyosefJoseph Joshua 17:16:4 ⧉לֹֽא־יִמָּ֥צֵאloyimatsethe hill country is not enough Joshua 17:16:5 ⧉לָ֖נוּlanufor us Joshua 17:16:6 ⧉הָהָ֑רhaharthe hill country Joshua 17:16:7 ⧉וְרֶ֣כֶבverekhevand chariots Joshua 17:16:8 ⧉בַּרְזֶ֗לbarzelof iron Joshua 17:16:9 ⧉בְּכָל־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙bekholhakkenaaniwith all the Canaanites Joshua 17:16:10 ⧉הַיֹּשֵׁ֣בhayoshevwho dwell Joshua 17:16:11 ⧉בְּאֶֽרֶץ־הָעֵ֔מֶקbeeretzhaemekin the land of the valley Joshua 17:16:12 ⧉לֽ͏ַאֲשֶׁ֤רlaasherboth those who Joshua 17:16:13 ⧉בְּבֵית־שְׁאָן֙beveitsheanare in Beth-shean Joshua 17:16:14 ⧉וּבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָuvnotehaand its villages Joshua 17:16:15 ⧉וְלַֽאֲשֶׁ֖רvelaasherand those who Joshua 17:16:16 ⧉בְּעֵ֥מֶקbeemekin the valley Joshua 17:16:17 ⧉יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃yizreelJezreel. |
| 16. Formal Translation The sons of Joseph said, “The hill-country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron—even those in Beth-Shan and its towns, and those in the valley of Jezreel.” |
| 16. Dynamic Translation The descendants of Joseph replied, “The hill-country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites living in the valleys have iron chariots—including those in Beth-Shan and its villages, and those in the Valley of Jezreel.” |