Joshua 19:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכָל־הֽ͏ַחֲצֵרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר סְבִיבוֹת֙ הֶֽעָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה עַד־בַּֽעֲלַ֥ת בְּאֵ֖ר רָ֣אמַת נֶ֑גֶב זֹ֗את נַחֲלַ֛ת מַטֵּ֥ה בְנֵֽי־שִׁמְע֖וֹן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם

Transliteration

And all haḥăṣērîm which were səḇîḇôṯ heʿārîm hāʾēlleh unto Baʿălaṯ Bəʾēr Rāʾmaṯ Negeḇ. This is naḥălaṯ maṭṭēh bənê-Šimʿôn to their mišpəḥōṯām

Grammar Details

*wə-*: conjunction - and
*kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of
*haḥăṣērîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the villages
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*səḇîḇôṯ*: preposition - around/surrounding
*heʿārîm*: noun, feminine plural with definite article - the cities
*hāʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun - these
*ʿad*: preposition - until/unto
*Baʿălaṯ Bəʾēr Rāʾmaṯ Negeḇ*: proper noun - Baalath Beer Ramath Negev
*zōʾṯ*: demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this
*naḥălaṯ*: noun, feminine singular construct - inheritance of
*maṭṭēh*: noun, masculine singular construct - tribe of
*bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
*Šimʿôn*: proper noun - Simeon
*lə-*: preposition - to/for
*mišpəḥōṯām*: noun, feminine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their families

Word Meanings

*haḥăṣērîm*: the villages/settlements/hamlets
*səḇîḇôṯ*: around/surrounding/in the vicinity of
*Baʿălaṯ*: mistress/lady
*Bəʾēr*: well
*Rāʾmaṯ*: height
*Negeḇ*: south/southern region
*naḥălaṯ*: inheritance/possession/property
*maṭṭēh*: tribe/staff/rod
*mišpəḥōṯām*: their families/clans

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 30:27 : 27 To them that were in Beth-el, and to them that were in Ramoth of the South, and to them that were in Jattir,
1 Chr 4:33 : 33 and all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Josh 19:1-2
2 verses
82%
1And the second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah.
2And they had for their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
Josh 19:9-10
2 verses
82%
9Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
10And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families; and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid;
Josh 19:6-7
2 verses
80%
6and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages:
7Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages:
Josh 19:22-23
2 verses
75%
22and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh; and the goings out of their border were at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
23This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages.
Josh 21:9
74%
9And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are [here] mentioned by name:
Josh 19:15-16
2 verses
74%
15and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
16This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Ezek 48:24-25
2 verses
73%
24And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon, one [portion].
25And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar, one [portion].
1 Chr 6:65
72%
65And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.
Exod 6:15
71%
15And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman; these are the families of Simeon.
Num 26:12
71%
12The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;
Josh 19:48
71%
48This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Josh 19:38-41
4 verses
70%
38And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
39This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.
40The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
41And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
Num 26:14
70%
14These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
Josh 15:20
70%
20This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
Num 34:20
70%
20And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
Josh 19:31
70%
31This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Num 1:22-23
2 verses
69%
22Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, those that were numbered thereof, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
23those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
1 Chr 4:24
69%
24The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;
Josh 21:4
69%
4And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
1 Chr 12:25
69%
25Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
Num 1:6
68%
6Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
1 Chr 4:33
68%
33and all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy.
Num 2:12
68%
12And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Josh 13:27-28
2 verses
68%
27and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border [thereof], unto the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.
28This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
Gen 46:10
68%
10And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
Josh 15:1
68%
1And the lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was unto the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.
Num 10:19
68%
19And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Josh 18:20
68%
20And the Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders thereof round about, according to their families.
1 Chr 4:42
67%
42And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
1 Chr 4:20
67%
20And the sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
Josh 18:28
67%
28and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, [and] Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
Judg 1:3
67%
3And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
Josh 13:19
66%
19and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar in the mount of the valley,
Josh 18:25
66%
25Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
1 Chr 6:60
66%
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Josh 15:32
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Josh 20:8
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