To the sonsלִבְנֵיof Gershom,גֵּרְשׁוֹםfrom the familyמִמִּשְׁפַּחַתof the half-tribeחֲצִי מַטֵּהof Manasseh:מְנַשֶּׁהGolanאֶת גּוֹלָןin Bashanבַּבָּשָׁןwith its pasturelands,וְאֶת מִגְרָשֶׁיהָand Ashtarothוְאֶת עַשְׁתָּרוֹתwith its pasturelands;וְאֶת מִגְרָשֶׁיהָ
1 Chronicles 6:71
Study it in the app“To the sons of Gershom, from the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands;”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 6:71, word by word
- To the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Gershomגֵּרְשׁוֹםgershom
Gershom
Gershom, the elder son of Moses; his name sounds like "a stranger there". Other men also bore it, among them a son of Levi (1 Chronicles 6:16).
Where else “gershom” appears- from the familyמִּשְׁפַּחַתmishpachat
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpachat” appears- of the half-tribeחֲצִיchatsi
half
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appears- of the half-tribeמַטֵּהmate
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “mate” appears- of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashe
Manasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appears- Golanגּוֹלָןgolan
Golan
Golan, a city of refuge in Bashan for the half tribe of Manasseh.
Where else “golan” appears- in Bashanבָּשָׁןbashan
Bashan
See it on the mapWhere else “bashan” appears- with its pasturelandsמִגְרָשֶׁיmigrashe
pasturelands
Open land around a city, used as pasture for the livestock.
Where else “migrashe” appears- and Ashtarothעַשְׁתָּרוֹתashtarot
Ashtaroth
Ashtaroth, a city of Bashan, east of the Jordan, where Og reigned. It bears the name of a Canaanite goddess.
Where else “ashtarot” appears
Places in this verse
Bashan
Today: southern Syria and the Golan Heights
A fertile region east of the Sea of Galilee, reaching to Mount Hermon, now southern Syria and northwest Jordan.
Israel defeated King Og there (Num 21:33-35). It was known for its cattle (Ps 22:12).
The context
70and from the half tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its pasturelands, and Balaam with its pasturelands, for the family of the sons of Kohath who remained.
71 · This verse (above)
72and from the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,