Joshua 21:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶת־עַ֣יִן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֗הָ וְאֶת־יֻטָּה֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ אֶת־בֵּ֥ית שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ עָרִ֣ים תֵּ֔שַׁע מֵאֵ֕ת שְׁנֵ֥י הַשְּׁבָטִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ פ

Transliteration

And ʾeṯ ʿayin and ʾeṯ miḡrāšehā and ʾeṯ yuṭṭāh and ʾeṯ miḡrāšehā ʾeṯ bêṯ šemeš and ʾeṯ miḡrāšehā ʿārîm tēšaʿ from mēʾēṯ two šənê the haššəḇāṭîm hāʾēlleh

Grammar Details

*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*ʿayin*: proper name - Ain
*miḡrāšehā*: noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - its pasture land
*yuṭṭāh*: proper name - Juttah
*bêṯ*: construct - house of
*šemeš*: proper name/common noun - Shemesh/sun
*ʿārîm*: plural noun - cities
*tēšaʿ*: cardinal number feminine - nine
*mēʾēṯ*: preposition + direct object marker - from
*šənê*: construct - two of
*haššəḇāṭîm*: definite article + plural noun - the tribes
*hāʾēlleh*: definite article + demonstrative plural - these

Word Meanings

*miḡrāšehā*: its pasture land/open land/suburb
*bêṯ* *šemeš*: Beth-shemesh/House of the Sun

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Josh 15:10 : 10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
Josh 15:55 : 55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
1 Chr 6:59 : 59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:
1 Sam 6:9 : 9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us.
1 Sam 6:12 : 12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.
Josh 15:42 : 42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

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