Joshua 15:55

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מָע֥וֹן ׀ כַּרְמֶ֖ל וָזִ֥יף וְיוּטָּֽה׃

Transliteration

māʿôn karmel and-zîp and-yûṭṭâ

Grammar Details

• *māʿôn*: proper noun - Maon (city name)
• *karmel*: proper noun - Carmel (city name)
• *zîp*: proper noun - Ziph (city name)
• *yûṭṭâ*: proper noun - Juttah (city name)

Word Meanings

• *māʿôn*: Maon (possibly meaning 'dwelling/habitation')
• *karmel*: Carmel (mountain or town, meaning 'garden land')
• *zîp*: Ziph (city name)
• *yûṭṭâ*: Juttah/Jutah (city name)

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 23:25 : 25 And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard [that], he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
• 1 Sam 25:2 : 2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
• Josh 15:24 : 24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
• 1 Sam 23:14-15 : 14 And David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. 15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.
• 1 Sam 25:7 : 7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: thy shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there aught missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
• 1 Sam 26:1-2 : 1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert? 2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
• 1 Kgs 18:42 : 42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees.
• 2 Chr 26:10 : 10 And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain: [and he had] husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry.
• Isa 35:2 : 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing; the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon: they shall see the glory of Jehovah, the excellency of our God.