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Joshua 1:12

“And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

רְאוּבֵנִיRᵉʼûwbênîy · reh-oob-ay-nee'
H7206 · Hebrew

Definition: a Reubenite or descendant of Reuben
Derivation: patronymic from H7205 (רְאוּבֵן);
KJV renderings: children of Reuben, Reubenites.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
לָ — preposition with definite article
רֽאוּבֵנִי֙ — gentilic noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HC/Rd/Ngmsa
Usage: Occurs 18 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 26:7 Numbers 34:14 Deuteronomy 3:12 Deuteronomy 3:16 Deuteronomy 4:43

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read רְאוּבֵנִי here.

Verse 11 Verse 13

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.