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Theseהֵמָּהwerethe pottersהַיּוֹצְרִיםand the inhabitantsוְיֹשְׁבֵיof Netaimנְטָעִיםand Gederah;וּגְדֵרָהwithעִםthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְin his work,בִּמְלַאכְתּוֹthey livedיָשְׁבוּthere.שָׁם
1 Chronicles 4:23
Study it in the app“These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; with the king, in his work, they lived there.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 4:23, word by word
- the pottersיּוֹצְרִיםyotsrim
potter
The one who works clay and shapes it into pots with his hands.
Where else “yotsrim” appears- and the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of Netaimנְטָעִיםnetaim
Netaim
Netaim: a place of Judah where the king's potters lived. The name means "plantings."
Where else “netaim” appears- and Gederahגְדֵרָהgedera
wall
A stone wall that encloses and protects a place.
Where else “gedera” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- in his workמְלַאכְתּmelacht
work
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacht” appears
Translation note
“Netaim” means “plantings,” and “Gederah,” “enclosure”; they may be names of places, or say that they lived among plantings and enclosures of the king.
The context
22and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And the things are ancient.
23 · This verse (above)
24The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Saul;