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And from the halfוּמִמַּחֲצִיתtribeמַטֵּהof Manasseh:מְנַשֶּׁהTaanachתַּעְנַךְwithוְits pasturelands,מִגְרָשֶׁהָand Gath-rimmonוְ גַּת רִמּוֹןwithוְits pasturelandsמִגְרָשֶׁהָ—twoשְׁתָּיִםcities.עָרִים
Joshua 21:25
Study it in the app“And from the half tribe of Manasseh: Taanach with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands —two cities.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 21:25, word by word
- And from the halfמַּחֲצִיתmachatsit
half
One of the two equal parts of something, like «half a shekel» or half of a tribe.
Where else “machatsit” appears- tribeמַטֵּהmate
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “mate” appears- of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashe
Manasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appears- Taanachתַּעְנַךְtanach
Taanach
Taanach: a Canaanite city near Megiddo.
Where else “tanach” appears- its pasturelandsמִגְרָשֶׁmigrashe
pasturelands
Open land around a city, used as pasture for the livestock.
Where else “migrashe” appears- and Gath-rimmonגַּתgat
Gath-rimmon
Gath-rimmon: the name of a town of Dan and of one in Manasseh, both later Levite cities. The name means "winepress of the pomegranate."
Where else “gat” appears- —twoשְׁתָּיִםshetayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shetayim” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears
The context
24Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands —four cities.
25 · This verse (above)
26All the cities were ten with their pasturelands for the families of the rest of the sons of Kohath.