The Meaning of Nehemiah 11:25 Explained

Nehemiah 11:25

KJV: And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,

YLT: And at the villages with their fields, of the sons of Judah there have dwelt, in Kirjath-Arba and its small towns, and in Dibon and its small towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages,

Darby: And as to the hamlets in their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kirjath-Arba and its dependent villages, and in Dibon and its dependent villages, and in Jekabzeel and its dependent villages,

ASV: And as for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba and the towns thereof, and in Dibon and the towns thereof, and in Jekabzeel and the villages thereof,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And for the villages,  with their fields,  [some] of the children  of Judah  dwelt  at Kirjatharba,  and [in] the villages  thereof, and at Dibon,  and [in] the villages  thereof, and at Jekabzeel,  and [in] the villages  thereof, 

What does Nehemiah 11:25 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Nehemiah 11

1  The rulers, voluntary men, and the tenth man chosen by lot, dwell at Jerusalem
3  A catalogue of their names
20  Those who remain dwell in other cities

What do the individual words in Nehemiah 11:25 mean?

And as for the villages with their fields [some] of the sons of Judah dwelt in Kirjath Arba and its villages and Dibon and Jekabzeel and its villages
וְאֶל־ הַחֲצֵרִ֖ים בִּשְׂדֹתָ֑ם מִבְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֗ה יָֽשְׁב֞וּ בְּקִרְיַ֤ת הָֽאַרְבַּע֙ וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָ וּבְדִיבֹן֙ וּבִֽיקַּבְצְאֵ֖ל וַחֲצֵרֶֽיהָ

וְאֶל־  And  as  for 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הַחֲצֵרִ֖ים  the  villages 
Parse: Article, Noun, common plural
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.
בִּשְׂדֹתָ֑ם  with  their  fields 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׂדֶה 
Sense: field, land.
מִבְּנֵ֣י  [some]  of  the  sons 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יְהוּדָ֗ה  of  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
יָֽשְׁב֞וּ  dwelt 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
הָֽאַרְבַּע֙  Kirjath  Arba 
Parse: Preposition, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע 
Sense: early name of the city which after the conquest was called ‘Hebron’.
וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָ  and  its  villages 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
וּבְדִיבֹן֙  and  Dibon 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: דִּיבֹון 
Sense: a town in Moab on the east side of the Jordan which was taken over by the Israelites and rebuilt by the children of Gad.
וּבִֽיקַּבְצְאֵ֖ל  and  Jekabzeel 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְקַבְצְאֵל  
Sense: the most remote city of Judah; located in southern Judah on the border of Edom.
וַחֲצֵרֶֽיהָ  and  its  villages 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.

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