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and they wentוַיְהִיto the sonsלִבְנֵיof Aaron,אַהֲרֹןof the familiesמִמִּשְׁפְּחוֹתof the Kohathites,הַקְּהָתִיof the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Levi;לֵוִיforכִּיtheirsלָהֶםwasהָיָהthe firstרִיאשֹׁנָהlot.הַגּוֹרָל
Joshua 21:10
Study it in the app“and they went to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 21:10, word by word
- and they wentיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- to the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- of the familiesמִּשְׁפְּחוֹתmishpchot
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchot” appears- of the Kohathitesקְּהָתִיkehati
Kohathite
Kohathite: a descendant of Kohath, son of Levi.
Where else “kehati” appears- of Leviלֵוִיlevi
Levi
Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah; the tribe of the priests comes from him. The name sounds like "be joined".
Where else “levi” appears- the firstרִיאשֹׁנָהrishona
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishona” appears- lotגּוֹרָלgoral
lot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “goral” appears
The context
9And from the tribe of the sons of Judah and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon they gave these cities that are mentioned by name,
10 · This verse (above)
11And they gave them Kiriath-arba (the father of Anak), that is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with its pasturelands around it.