Zela,וְצֵלַעEleph,הָאֶלֶףthe Jebusiteוְהַיְבוּסִי(thatהִיאisJerusalem),יְרוּשָׁלִַםGibeah,גִּבְעַתand Kiriath:קִרְיַתfourteenאַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵהcitiesעָרִיםwith their villages.וְחַצְרֵיהֶןThisזֹאתisthe inheritanceנַחֲלַתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Benjaminבִנְיָמִןaccording to their families.לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם
Joshua 18:28
Study it in the app“Zela, Eleph, the Jebusite (that is Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath: fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 18:28, word by word
- Zelaצֵלַעtsela
Zela
Zela: a town of Benjamin where Saul was buried (2 Samuel 21:14).
Where else “tsela” appears- Elephהָאֶלֶףhaelef
Eleph
Eleph: a town of Benjamin.
Where else “haelef” appears- the Jebusiteיְבוּסִיyevusi
Jebusite
Jebusite: a people of Canaan that lived in Jerusalem before David.
Where else “yevusi” appears- Jerusalem)יְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- Gibeahגִּבְעַתgivat
Gibeah
Gibeah: a town of Benjamin; later Saul's city. The name means "hill."
Where else “givat” appears- and Kiriathקִרְיַתkiryat
Kiriath-jearim
Kiriath-jearim: a city of the Gibeonites, later of Judah. The name means "city of the forests."
Where else “kiryat” appears- fourteenאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- fourteenעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- with their villagesחַצְרֵיchatsre
village
A group of houses without a wall, in the countryside.
Where else “chatsre” appears- the inheritanceנַחֲלַתnachalat
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalat” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Benjaminבִנְיָמִןvinyamin
Benjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “vinyamin” appears- according to their familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתָmishpchota
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchota” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
27Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,
28 · This verse (above)