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but the fieldוְאֶת שְׂדֵהof the cityהָעִירand its villagesוְאֶת חֲצֵרֶיהָthey gaveנָתְנוּto Calebלְכָלֵבthe sonבֶּןof Jephunneh.יְפֻנֶּה
1 Chronicles 6:56
Study it in the app“but the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 6:56, word by word
- but the fieldשְׂדֵהsede
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sede” appears- of the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- and its villagesחֲצֵרֶיchatsere
village
A group of houses without a wall, in the countryside.
Where else “chatsere” appears- they gaveנָתְנוּnatnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natnu” appears- to Calebכָלֵבchalev
Caleb
Caleb, a scout from the tribe of Judah who with Joshua trusted YHWH (Numbers 14:6-9, 24); others also bear the name.
Where else “chalev” appears- the sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Jephunnehיְפֻנֶּהyefune
Jephunneh
Jephunneh, the father of Caleb; another man bears the same name.
Where else “yefune” appears
The context
55they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its pasturelands around it;
56 · This verse (above)
57And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron; Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,