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And from the tribeוַ מִמַּטֵּהof the sonsבְּנֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהand from the tribeוּמִמַּטֵּהof the sonsבְּנֵיof Simeonשִׁמְעוֹןthey gaveיִּתְּנוּtheseהָאֵלֶּהcitiesהֶעָרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרare mentionedיִקְרָא אֶתְהֶןby name,בְּשֵׁם
Joshua 21:9
Study it in the app“And from the tribe of the sons of Judah and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon they gave these cities that are mentioned by name,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 21:9, word by word
- And from the tribeמַּטֵּהmate
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “mate” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- of Simeonשִׁמְעוֹןshimon
Simeon
Simeon, the second son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "he heard".
Where else “shimon” appears- they gaveיִּתְּנוּyitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appears- citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- are mentionedיִקְרָאyikra
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikra” appears- by nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears
The context
8And the sons of Israel gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands, as YHWH had commanded through Moses, by lot.
9 · This verse (above)
10and they went to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.