1 Chronicles 6:54

KJV1611 – Modern English

Now these are their dwelling places throughout their settlements within their borders, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the first lot.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶת־אַיָּלוֹן֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔יהָ וְאֶת־גַּת־רִמּ֖וֹן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃ פ

Transliteration

wə-ʾet-ʾayyālôn wə-ʾet-miḡrāšêhā wə-ʾet-gat-rimmôn wə-ʾet-miḡrāšêhā [פ]

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʾet*: conjunction + direct object marker - and [accusative]
• *ʾayyālôn*: proper noun - Aijalon/Ajalon
• *miḡrāšêhā*: noun masculine plural construct + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - its pasture-lands
• *gat-rimmôn*: compound proper noun - Gath-rimmon
• פ: paragraph marker in the Masoretic text

Word Meanings

• *miḡrāšêhā*: its pasture-lands/surrounding lands/open spaces/suburbs
• *gat-rimmôn*: literally 'winepress of the pomegranate'

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasturelands.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now these are their dwelling-places{H4186} according to their encampments{H2918} in their borders:{H1366} to the sons{H1121} of Aaron,{H175} of the families{H4940} of the Kohathites{H6956} (for theirs was the first lot),{H1486}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now these are their dwelling places{H4186} throughout their castles{H2918} in their coasts{H1366}, of the sons{H1121} of Aaron{H175}, of the families{H4940} of the Kohathites{H6956}: for theirs was the lot{H1486}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And this is their habitacion and rowme in their borders, namely of Aarons children of the kynred of ye Kahathites: for this lot fell vnto them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And these are the dwelling places of them throughout their townes and coastes, euen of the sonnes of Aaron for the familie of the Kohathites, for the lot was theirs.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And these are the dwelling places of them througout their townes & coastes, euen of the sonnes of Aaron throughout the kinredes of the Caathites: for so the lot fell for them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Now these [are] their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the [first] lot),

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And these `are' their dwellings, throughout their towers, in their borders, of the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathite, for theirs was the lot;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the `first' lot),

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the [first] lot),

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now these are their living-places, the limits inside which they were to put up their tents: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, because they had the first selection,

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the [first] lot),

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  These were the areas where Aaron’s descendants lived: The following belonged to the Kohathite clan, for they received the first allotment:

Referenced Verses

• Gen 25:16 : 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
• Num 31:10 : 10 And they burned all their cities where they dwelt, and all their fortified castles, with fire.
• Num 35:1-8 : 1 And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and give to the Levites suburbs for the cities around them as well. 3 And the cities they shall have to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. 4 And the suburbs of the cities that you shall give to the Levites shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. 5 And measure from outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. 6 And among the cities which you shall give to the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which you shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee there: and to them you shall add forty-two cities. 7 So all the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities: these shall you give with their suburbs. 8 And the cities which you shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many you shall give many; but from them that have few you shall give few: everyone shall give of his cities to the Levites according to his inheritance which he inherits.
• Josh 21:3-8 : 3 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the command of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs. 4 And 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 Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. 5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. 6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 8 And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
• Josh 21:10 : 10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.