And they gaveוַיִּתְּנוּthemלָהֶםKiriath-arbaקִרְיַת אַרְבַּע(the fatherאֲבִיof Anak),הָעֲנוֹקthatהִיאisHebron,חֶבְרוֹןin the hill countryבְּהַרof Judah,יְהוּדָהwithוְits pasturelandsמִגְרָשֶׁהָaround it.סְבִיבֹתֶיהָ
Joshua 21:11
Study it in the app“And they gave them Kiriath-arba (the father of Anak), that is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with its pasturelands around it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 21:11, word by word
- And they gaveיִּתְּנוּyitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appears- Kiriath-arbaקִרְיַתkiryat
Kiriath-arba
Kiriath-arba, the old name of Hebron. It means "city of Arba".
Where else “kiryat” appears- (the fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- of Anak)עֲנוֹקanok
Anak
Anak, the ancestor of a people of Canaan, the Anakim, known for their great height.
Where else “anok” appears- Hebronחֶבְרוֹןchevron
Hebron
See it on the mapWhere else “chevron” appears- in the hill countryהַרhar
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- its pasturelandsמִגְרָשֶׁmigrashe
pasturelands
Open land around a city, used as pasture for the livestock.
Where else “migrashe” appears- around itסְבִיבֹתֶיsevivote
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivote” appears
Places in this verse
Hebron
Today: Hebron (Al-Khalil), West Bank
A city in the hills of Judea, about 19 miles (30 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham lived nearby and bought the cave there where he buried Sarah (Gen 23:2). David was anointed king of Judah at Hebron (2 Sam 2:1-4).
The context
10and they went to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
11 · This verse (above)
12But the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.