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Theseהָאֵלֶּהcitiesהֶעָרִיםwere,תִּהְיֶינָהeachעִירcity,עִירwith its pasturelandsוּמִגְרָשֶׁיהָaround it;סְבִיבֹתֶיהָso it wasכֵּןfor allלְכָלtheseהָאֵלֶּהcities.הֶעָרִים
Joshua 21:42
Study it in the app“These cities were, each city, with its pasturelands around it; so it was for all these cities.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 21:42, word by word
- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- wereתִּהְיֶינָהtihyena
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “tihyena” appears- with its pasturelandsמִגְרָשֶׁיmigrashe
pasturelands
Open land around a city, used as pasture for the livestock.
Where else “migrashe” appears- around itסְבִיבֹתֶיsevivote
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivote” appears
The context
41All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasturelands.
42 · This verse (above)
43So YHWH gave to Israel all the land that he had sworn to give to their fathers; and they took possession of it and lived in it.