Joshua 15:41

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּגְדֵר֕וֹת בֵּית־דָּג֥וֹן וְנַעֲמָ֖ה וּמַקֵּדָ֑ה עָרִ֥ים שֵׁשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ ס

Transliteration

û-gәdērôt bêt-dāgôn wә-naʿămāh û-maqqēdāh ʿārîm šēš-ʿeśrēh wә-ḥaṣrêhen

Grammar Details

*û*-*gәdērôt*: conjunction + proper noun - and Gederoth
*bêt*-*dāgôn*: noun masculine singular construct + proper noun - Beth-dagon
*wә*-*naʿămāh*: conjunction + proper noun - and Naamah
*û*-*maqqēdāh*: conjunction + proper noun - and Makkedah
*ʿārîm*: noun feminine plural - cities
*šēš*-*ʿeśrēh*: number - sixteen (six-ten)
*wә*-*ḥaṣrêhen*: conjunction + noun masculine plural with 3rd feminine plural suffix - and their villages

Word Meanings

*gәdērôt*: walls/enclosures
*bêt*: house/temple of
*dāgôn*: Dagon (deity)
*ḥaṣrêhen*: their villages/their settlements/their courts

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Josh 10:21 : 21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
Josh 10:28 : 28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.
Josh 12:16 : 16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
Josh 10:10 : 10 And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.

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