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Kedemothקְדֵמוֹתwithוְits pasturelands,מִגְרָשֶׁהָand Mephaathוְ מֵיפָעַתwithוְits pasturelandsמִגְרָשֶׁהָ—fourאַרְבַּעcities.עָרִים
Joshua 21:37
Study it in the app“Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands —four cities.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 21:37, word by word
- Kedemothקְדֵמוֹתkedemot
Kedemoth
Kedemoth, a place east of the Jordan. The name means "beginnings" or "eastern places."
Where else “kedemot” appears- its pasturelandsמִגְרָשֶׁmigrashe
pasturelands
Open land around a city, used as pasture for the livestock.
Where else “migrashe” appears- and Mephaathמֵיפָעַתmefaat
Mephaath
Mephaath: a city of the plateau given to Reuben and later to the Levites.
Where else “mefaat” appears- —fourאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears
The context
36And from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer with its pasturelands, and Jahaz with its pasturelands,
37 · This verse (above)
38And from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, and Mahanaim with its pasturelands,