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And as for the familiesוּלְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Kohath,קְהָתthe Levitesהַלְוִיִּםwho remainedהַנּוֹתָרִיםof the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Kohath,קְהָתthe citiesעָרֵיof their lotגוֹרָלָםwereוַיְהִיfrom the tribeמִמַּטֵּהof Ephraim.אֶפְרָיִם
Joshua 21:20
Study it in the app“And as for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites who remained of the sons of Kohath, the cities of their lot were from the tribe of Ephraim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 21:20, word by word
- And as for the familiesמִשְׁפְּחוֹתmishpchot
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchot” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Kohathקְהָתkehat
Kohath
Kohath, a son of Levi; Moses and Aaron came from his family.
Where else “kehat” appears- the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- who remainedנּוֹתָרִיםnotarim
be left
For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.
Where else “notarim” appears- the citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- of their lotגוֹרָלָgorala
lot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “gorala” appears- wereיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- from the tribeמַּטֵּהmate
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “mate” appears- of Ephraimאֶפְרָיִםefrayim
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears
The context
19All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasturelands.
20 · This verse (above)
21And they gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasturelands,