And the sonsוַ בְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלgaveיִּתְּנוּto the Levitesלַלְוִיִּםthe citiesאֶת הֶעָרִיםwith their pasturelands.וְאֶת מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶם
1 Chronicles 6:64
Study it in the app“And the sons of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their pasturelands.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 6:64, word by word
- And the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- gaveיִּתְּנוּyitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appears- to the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- the citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- with their pasturelandsמִגְרְשֵׁיmigrshe
pasturelands
Open land around a city, used as pasture for the livestock.
Where else “migrshe” appears
The context
63To the sons of Merari, by their families, from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, fell by lot twelve cities.
64 · This verse (above)
65And they gave by lot, from the tribe of the sons of Judah, from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities that they call by name.