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Allכָּלthe citiesהֶעָרִיםfor the sonsלִבְנֵיof Merariמְרָרִיaccording to their families,לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָםthe restהַנּוֹתָרִיםof the familiesמִמִּשְׁפְּחוֹתof the Levites:הַלְוִיִּםtheir lotגּוֹרָלָםwasוַיְהִיtwelveשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵהcities.עָרִים
Joshua 21:40
Study it in the app“All the cities for the sons of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites: their lot was twelve cities.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 21:40, word by word
- the citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- for the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Merariמְרָרִיmerari
Merari
Merari, a son of Levi; one of the three Levite families descends from him.
Where else “merari” appears- according to their familiesמִשְׁפְּחֹתָmishpchota
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpchota” appears- the restנּוֹתָרִיםnotarim
be left
For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.
Where else “notarim” appears- of the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- their lotגּוֹרָלָgorala
lot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “gorala” appears- wasיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- twelveשְׁתֵּיםshetem
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shetem” appears- twelveעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears
The context
39Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands —four cities in all.
40 · This verse (above)
41All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasturelands.