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Thisזֹאתisthe inheritanceנַחֲלַתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Zebulunזְבוּלֻןaccording to their families:לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָםtheseהָאֵלֶּהcitiesהֶעָרִיםwith their villages.וְחַצְרֵיהֶן
Joshua 19:16
Study it in the app“This is the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun according to their families: these cities with their villages.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 19:16, word by word
- 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 Zebulunזְבוּלֻןzevulun
Zebulun
Zebulun, a son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land.
Where else “zevulun” appears- according to their familiesמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָmishpchota
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchota” 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 context
15and Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
16 · This verse (above)
17For Issachar the fourth lot came out, for the sons of Issachar according to their families.