Joshua 19:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְקַטָּ֤ת וְנֽ͏ַהֲלָל֙ וְשִׁמְר֔וֹן וְיִדְאֲלָ֖ה וּבֵ֣ית לָ֑חֶם עָרִ֥ים שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן

Transliteration

And Qaṭṭāṯ and Năhălāl and Šimrôn and Yidʾălāh and Bêṯ Lāḥem; ʿārîm twelve and their ḥaṣrêhen

Grammar Details

*wə-*: conjunction - and
*Qaṭṭāṯ*: proper noun - Kattath
*Năhălāl*: proper noun - Nahalal
*Šimrôn*: proper noun - Shimron
*Yidʾălāh*: proper noun - Idalah
*Bêṯ Lāḥem*: proper noun - Bethlehem
*ʿārîm*: noun, feminine plural - cities
*šətêm*-*ʿeśrēh*: number - twelve
*ḥaṣrêhen*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd feminine plural suffix - their villages/settlements

Word Meanings

*Bêṯ*: house/place
*Lāḥem*: bread/food
*ʿārîm*: cities/towns
*ḥaṣrêhen*: their villages/settlements/hamlets

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Josh 11:1 : 1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard thereof, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
Josh 12:20 : 20 the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
Josh 21:34-35 : 34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs, 35 Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.
Judg 1:30 : 30 Zebulun drove not out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became subject to taskwork.
Ruth 1:19 : 19 So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and [the women] said, Is this Naomi?
2 Sam 23:15 : 15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!
2 Chr 11:6 : 6 He built Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

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