Joshua 18:5

וְהִֽתְחַלְּק֥וּ אֹתָ֖הּ לְשִׁבְעָ֣ה חֲלָקִ֑ים יְהוּדָ֞ה יַעֲמֹ֤ד עַל־גְּבוּלֹו֙ מִנֶּ֔גֶב וּבֵ֥ית יֹוסֵ֛ף יַעַמְד֥וּ עַל־גְּבוּלָ֖ם מִצָּפֹֽון׃

And you shall divide it into seven portions; Yehuda shall stand on his border in the south, and the house of Yosef shall stand on their border in the north.

Morphology

1. וְהִֽתְחַלְּק֥וּ (ve-hitḥallequ) – Root: חלק (ḥlq); Form: Hitpael wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine plural; Translation: “And you shall divide”; Notes: Reflexive form indicating division.
2. אֹתָ֖הּ (otah) – Root: את (ʾt); Form: Direct object pronoun, feminine singular; Translation: “it”; Notes: Refers to the land.
3. לְשִׁבְעָ֣ה (le-shivʿah) – Root: שבע (šbʿ); Form: Cardinal number, masculine; Translation: “into seven”; Notes: Specifies the number of divisions.
4. חֲלָקִ֑ים (ḥalaqim) – Root: חלק (ḥlq); Form: Noun, masculine plural; Translation: “portions”; Notes: Refers to the territorial divisions.
5. יְהוּדָ֞ה (Yehudah) – Root: יהודה (Yhwdh); Form: Proper noun, masculine singular; Translation: “Yehudah”; Notes: Refers to the tribe of Yehudah.
6. יַעֲמֹ֤ד (yaʿamod) – Root: עמד (ʿmd); Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “shall stand”; Notes: Describes the positioning of Yehudah.
7. עַל־גְּבוּלֹו֙ (ʿal-gevulo) – Root: גבול (gbwl); Form: Preposition with noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix; Translation: “on his border”; Notes: Indicates location.
8. מִנֶּ֔גֶב (mi-negev) – Root: נגב (ngb); Form: Preposition with noun, masculine singular; Translation: “from the south”; Notes: Directional indicator.
9. וּבֵ֥ית (u-beit) – Root: בית (byt); Form: Construct noun, masculine singular; Translation: “and the house of”; Notes: Refers to the house of Yosef.
10. יֹוסֵ֛ף (Yosef) – Root: יוסף (ysf); Form: Proper noun, masculine singular; Translation: “Yosef”; Notes: Refers to the tribe of Yosef.
11. יַעַמְד֥וּ (yaʿamdu) – Root: עמד (ʿmd); Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural; Translation: “shall stand”; Notes: Plural to match “house of Yosef.”
12. עַל־גְּבוּלָ֖ם (ʿal-gevulam) – Root: גבול (gbwl); Form: Preposition with noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “on their border”; Notes: Refers to the boundary of Yosef’s descendants.
13. מִצָּפֹֽון׃ (mi-tsafon) – Root: צפון (ṣpwn); Form: Preposition with noun, masculine singular; Translation: “from the north”; Notes: Indicates location.