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So the sonsוַ בְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלgaveיִּתְּנוּto the Levites,לַלְוִיִּםout of their inheritance,מִנַּחֲלָתָםaccording to the commandאֶל פִּיof YHWH,יְהוָהtheseהָאֵלֶּהcitiesהֶעָרִיםand their pasturelands.וְ מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶן
Joshua 21:3
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Joshua 21:3, word by word
- So the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- gaveיִּתְּנוּyitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appears- to the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- out of their inheritanceנַּחֲלָתָnachalata
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalata” appears- according to the commandפִּיpi
according to
Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.
Where else “pi” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- and their pasturelandsמִגְרְשֵׁיmigrshe
pasturelands
Open land around a city, used as pasture for the livestock.
Where else “migrshe” appears
The context
2and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “YHWH commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with their pasturelands for our livestock.”
3 · This verse (above)
4And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites; and the sons of Aaron the priest, of the Levites, received by lot thirteen cities from the tribe of Judah, from the tribe of the Simeonites, and from the tribe of Benjamin.