Verse 40

{ "verseID": "Joshua.21.40", "source": "כָּל־הֶ֨עָרִ֜ים לִבְנֵ֤י מְרָרִי֙ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם הַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים מִמִּשְׁפְּח֣וֹת הַלְוִיִּ֑ם וַיְהִי֙ גּוֹרָלָ֔ם עָרִ֖ים שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃", "text": "*kol*-*heʿārîm* *libnê* *mərārî* *ləmišpəḥōtām* *hannôtārîm* *mimmišpəḥôt* *halwiyyîm* *wayəhî* *gôrālām* *ʿārîm* *šətêm* *ʿeśrêh*", "grammar": { "*kol*": "noun masculine singular construct - all of", "*heʿārîm*": "article + noun feminine plural - the cities", "*libnê*": "preposition + noun masculine plural construct - for sons of", "*mərārî*": "proper noun - Merari", "*ləmišpəḥōtām*": "preposition + noun feminine plural construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - for their families", "*hannôtārîm*": "article + participle Niphal masculine plural - the remaining ones", "*mimmišpəḥôt*": "preposition + noun feminine plural construct - from families of", "*halwiyyîm*": "article + proper noun masculine plural - the Levites", "*wayəhî*": "conjunction + verb Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular apocopated - and was", "*gôrālām*": "noun masculine singular construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their lot", "*ʿārîm*": "noun feminine plural - cities", "*šətêm*": "number feminine construct - two of", "*ʿeśrêh*": "number feminine - ten [twelve]" }, "variants": { "*kol*": "all/every/whole", "*heʿārîm*": "the cities/towns", "*libnê*": "for sons/descendants of", "*ləmišpəḥōtām*": "for their families/clans", "*hannôtārîm*": "the ones remaining/those left", "*mimmišpəḥôt*": "from families/clans of", "*gôrālām*": "their lot/portion/inheritance", "*ʿārîm šətêm ʿeśrêh*": "twelve cities" } }

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