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and Kattath,וְקַטָּתNahalal,וְנַהֲלָלShimron,וְשִׁמְרוֹןIdalah,וְיִדְאֲלָהand Bethlehem:וּבֵית לָחֶםtwelveשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵהcitiesעָרִיםwith their villages.וְחַצְרֵיהֶן
Joshua 19:15
Study it in the app“and Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 19:15, word by word
- and Kattathקַטָּתkatat
Kattath
Kattath: a town of Zebulun.
Where else “katat” appears- Nahalalנַהֲלָלnahalal
Nahalal
Nahalal: a town of Zebulun, later a Levite city.
Where else “nahalal” appears- Shimronשִׁמְרוֹןshimron
Shimron
Shimron, a son of Issachar; also a town in Zebulun.
Where else “shimron” appears- Idalahיִדְאֲלָהyidala
Idalah
Idalah: a town of Zebulun.
Where else “yidala” appears- and Bethlehemבֵיתvet
Bethlehem
See it on the mapWhere else “vet” appears- twelveשְׁתֵּיםshetem
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shetem” appears- twelveעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-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
Places in this verse
Bethlehem
Today: Bethlehem (Bayt Lahm), West Bank
A town in Judea, about 5.5 miles (9 km) south of Jerusalem.
Rachel died near it (Gen 35:19), Naomi and Ruth lived there (Ruth 1:1), and David was born there. Micah said a ruler would come from it, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Mic 5:2; Matt 2:1).
The context
14and the border turned around it on the north to Hannathon, and its ends were at the Valley of Iphtah-el;
15 · This verse (above)
16This is the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun according to their families: these cities with their villages.