Joshua 18:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּכְפַר הָעַמֹּנָה וְהָעָפְנִי וָגָבַע עָרִים שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵה וְחַצְרֵיהֶן

Transliteration

û-kəpar hā-ʿammōnâ wə-hā-ʿopnî wā-gābaʿ ʿārîm šətêm-ʿeśrēh wə-ḥaṣrêhen

Grammar Details

*û-kəpar*: conjunctive waw + noun, masculine singular construct - and village of
*hā-ʿammōnâ*: definite article + proper noun - the Ammonite
*wə-hā-ʿopnî*: conjunctive waw + definite article + proper noun - and Ophni
*wā-gābaʿ*: conjunctive waw + proper noun - and Geba
*ʿārîm*: noun, feminine plural - cities
*šətêm-ʿeśrēh*: numeral, feminine - twelve
*wə-ḥaṣrêhen*: conjunctive waw + noun, feminine plural with 3rd person feminine plural suffix - and their villages

Word Meanings

*kəpar hā-ʿammōnâ*: Chephar-ammoni (place name)/village of the Ammonite
*hā-ʿopnî*: Ophni (place name)/the Ophnite
*gābaʿ*: Geba (place name)
*ḥaṣrêhen*: their villages/settlements/hamlets

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ezra 2:26 : 26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.
Neh 7:30 : 30 The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
Isa 10:29 : 29 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
Josh 21:17 : 17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,

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