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they gaveוַיִּתְּנוּthemלָהֶםHebronאֶת חֶבְרוֹןin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Judah,יְהוּדָהwith its pasturelandsוְאֶת מִגְרָשֶׁיהָaround it;סְבִיבֹתֶיהָ
1 Chronicles 6:55
Study it in the app“they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its pasturelands around it;”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 6:55, word by word
- they gaveיִּתְּנוּyitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appears- Hebronחֶבְרוֹןchevron
Hebron
See it on the mapWhere else “chevron” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- with its pasturelandsמִגְרָשֶׁיmigrashe
pasturelands
Open land around a city, used as pasture for the livestock.
Where else “migrashe” appears- around itסְבִיבֹתֶיsevivote
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivote” appears
Places in this verse
Hebron
Today: Hebron (Al-Khalil), West Bank
A city in the hills of Judea, about 19 miles (30 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham lived nearby and bought the cave there where he buried Sarah (Gen 23:2). David was anointed king of Judah at Hebron (2 Sam 2:1-4).
The context
54And these are their dwelling places according to their encampments within their territory. To the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites, for theirs was the lot,
55 · This verse (above)
56but the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.