7
Ain,עַיִןRimmon,רִמּוֹןEther,וָעֶתֶרand Ashan:וְעָשָׁןfourאַרְבַּעcitiesעָרִיםwith their villages;וְחַצְרֵיהֶן
Joshua 19:7
Study it in the app“Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan: four cities with their villages;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 19:7, word by word
- Ainעַיִןayin
Ain
Ain, a place on the eastern border of Canaan; another place bears the name. The name means "spring."
Where else “ayin” appears- Rimmonרִמּוֹןrimon
Rimmon
Rimmon: the name of a god of the Syrians and of several towns, among them one of Judah in the Negev. The name means "pomegranate," the fruit.
Where else “rimon” appears- Etherעֶתֶרeter
Ether
Ether: a town of Judah in the Shephelah.
Where else “eter” appears- and Ashanעָשָׁןashan
Ashan
Ashan: a town of Judah in the Shephelah. The name means "smoke."
Where else “ashan” appears- fourאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” 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
6Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen: thirteen cities with their villages;
7 · This verse (above)
8and all the villages that were around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negev. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families.