dispossessed
verb
In Jewish tradition
In Numbers it tells how Machir's family drove the Amorites out of Gilead and settled there.
Interpretation. Tradition counts this as part of the tribes' settling east of the Jordan, which Moses allowed.
Meaning
Past form of dispossess: took land or a home away from people by force. tree →
Examples
- And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein. (Torah NUM.32.39, JPS 1917) tree →
- So whomsoever the LORD our God hath dispossessed from before us, them will we possess. (Prophets JDG.11.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- So now the LORD, the God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorites from before His people Israel, and shouldest thou possess them? (Prophets JDG.11.23, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
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