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And some ofוּמִthe familiesמִּשְׁפְּחוֹתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Kohathקְהָתhadוַיְהִיcitiesעָרֵיof their territoryגְבוּלָםfrom the tribeמִמַּטֵּהof Ephraim.אֶפְרָיִם
1 Chronicles 6:66
Study it in the app“And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 6:66, word by word
- the familiesמִּשְׁפְּחוֹתmishpchot
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchot” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Kohathקְהָתkehat
Kohath
Kohath, a son of Levi; Moses and Aaron came from his family.
Where else “kehat” appears- hadיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- of their territoryגְבוּלָgevula
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevula” appears- from the tribeמַּטֵּהmate
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “mate” appears- of Ephraimאֶפְרָיִםefrayim
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears
The context
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.
66 · This verse (above)
67And they gave them the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,