The Meaning of Joshua 12:8 Explained

Joshua 12:8

KJV: In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

YLT: in the hill-country, and in the low country, and in the plain, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

Darby: in the mountain, and in the lowland, and in the plain, and on the hill-slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the south: the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites:

ASV: in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

In the mountains,  and in the valleys,  and in the plains,  and in the springs,  and in the wilderness,  and in the south country;  the Hittites,  the Amorites,  and the Canaanites,  the Perizzites,  the Hivites,  and the Jebusites: 

What does Joshua 12:8 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Joshua 12

1  The two kings whose countries Moses took and disposed of
7  The thirty-one kings on the other side of Jordan which Joshua smote

What do the individual words in Joshua 12:8 mean?

in the mountain country and in the lowlands and in the [Jordan] plain and in the slopes and in the wilderness and in the Negev the Hittite the Amorite and the Canaanite the Perizzite the Hivite and the Jebusite -
בָּהָ֣ר וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֗ה וּבָֽעֲרָבָה֙ וּבָ֣אֲשֵׁד֔וֹת וּבַמִּדְבָּ֖ר וּבַנֶּ֑גֶב הַֽחִתִּי֙ הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ הַפְּרִזִּ֔י הַחִוִּ֖י וְהַיְבוּסִֽי פ

בָּהָ֣ר  in  the  mountain  country 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֗ה  and  in  the  lowlands 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שְׁפֵלָה  
Sense: lowland, valley.
וּבָֽעֲרָבָה֙  and  in  the  [Jordan]  plain 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֲרָבָה  
Sense: desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness.
וּבָ֣אֲשֵׁד֔וֹת  and  in  the  slopes 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article, Noun, common plural
Root: אָשֵׁד  
Sense: foundation, slope.
וּבַמִּדְבָּ֖ר  and  in  the  wilderness 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִדְבָּר 
Sense: wilderness.
וּבַנֶּ֑גֶב  and  in  the  Negev 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: נֶגֶב  
Sense: south-country, Nekeb, south.
הַֽחִתִּי֙  the  Hittite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חִתִּי  
Sense: the nation descended from Heth, the 2nd son of Canaan; once inhabitants of central Anatolia (modern Turkey), later in north Lebanon.
הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י  the  Amorite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱמֹרִי  
Sense: one of the peoples of east Canaan and beyond the Jordan, dispossessed by the Israelite incursion from Egypt.
וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙  and  the  Canaanite 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כִּנְעָן 
Sense: descendant of inhabitant of Canaan n.
הַפְּרִזִּ֔י  the  Perizzite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: פְּרִזִּי  
Sense: a people who inhabited southern Canaan prior to the conquest.
הַחִוִּ֖י  the  Hivite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חִוִּי  
Sense: 6th generation of descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham, who were living in northern Canaan near Mount Hermon at the time of the conquest.
וְהַיְבוּסִֽי  and  the  Jebusite 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְבוּסִי  
Sense: descendants of the 3rd son of Canaan who lived in or around the site of Jebus, the early name for Jerusalem.
פ    - 
Parse: Punctuation