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and Ainוְ עַיִןwithוְits pasturelands,מִגְרָשֶׁהָand Juttahוְ יֻטָּהwithוְits pasturelands,מִגְרָשֶׁהָand Beth-shemeshבֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁwithוְits pasturelandsמִגְרָשֶׁהָ—nineתֵּשַׁעcitiesעָרִיםfromמֵאֵתtheseהָאֵלֶּהtwoשְׁנֵיtribes.הַשְּׁבָטִים
Joshua 21:16
Study it in the app“and Ain with its pasturelands, and Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands —nine cities from these two tribes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 21:16, word by word
- and Ainעַיִןayin
Ain
Ain, a place on the eastern border of Canaan; another place bears the name. The name means "spring."
Where else “ayin” appears- its pasturelandsמִגְרָשֶׁmigrashe
pasturelands
Open land around a city, used as pasture for the livestock.
Where else “migrashe” appears- and Juttahיֻטָּהyuta
Juttah
Juttah: a town of Judah in the hill country.
Where else “yuta” appears- and Beth-shemeshבֵּיתbet
Beth-shemesh
Beth-shemesh: a town on the border of Judah, in the Shephelah. The name means "house of the sun."
Where else “bet” appears- —nineתֵּשַׁעtesha
nine
Nine; also "ninth".
Where else “tesha” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- twoשְׁנֵיshene
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appears- tribesשְּׁבָטִיםshevatim
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevatim” appears
The context
15and Holon with its pasturelands, and Debir with its pasturelands,
16 · This verse (above)
17And from the tribe of Benjamin: Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,