The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 7:28 Explained

1 Chronicles 7:28

KJV: And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:

YLT: And their possession and their dwellings are Beth-El and its small towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its small towns, and Shechem and its small towns, unto Gaza and its small towns;

Darby: And their possession and dwelling-places were Bethel and its dependent villages, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer and its dependent villages, and Shechem and its dependent villages as far as to Gazah and its dependent villages.

ASV: And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Azzah and the towns thereof;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And their possessions  and habitations  [were], Bethel  and the towns  thereof, and eastward  Naaran,  and westward  Gezer,  with the towns  thereof; Shechem  also and the towns  thereof, unto Gaza  and the towns  thereof: 

What does 1 Chronicles 7:28 Mean?

Study Notes

Narran
Naarath, Joshua 16:7 .

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 7

1  The sons of Issachar;
6  of Benjamin;
13  of Naphtali;
14  of Manasseh;
15  and of Ephraim
21  The calamity of Ephraim by the men of Gath
23  His posterity by Beriah
28  Their habitations
30  The sons of Asher

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 7:28 mean?

And their possessions and dwelling places [were] Bethel and its towns and to the east Naaran and to the west Gezer and its towns and Shechem and its towns as far as Ayyah and its towns
וַאֲחֻזָּתָם֙ וּמֹ֣שְׁבוֹתָ֔ם בֵּֽית־ אֵ֖ל וּבְנֹתֶ֑יהָ וְלַמִּזְרָ֣ח נַעֲרָ֔ן וְלַֽמַּעֲרָ֗ב גֶּ֤זֶר וּבְנֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ וּשְׁכֶ֣ם וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָ עַד־ עַיָּ֖ה וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ

וַאֲחֻזָּתָם֙  And  their  possessions 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אֲחֻזָּה  
Sense: possession, property.
וּמֹ֣שְׁבוֹתָ֔ם  and  dwelling  places 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מֹושָׁב  
Sense: seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers.
אֵ֖ל  Bethel 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בֵּית־אֵל  
Sense: ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identified with Luz (former name).
וּבְנֹתֶ֑יהָ  and  its  towns 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
וְלַמִּזְרָ֣ח  and  to  the  east 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִזְרָח  
Sense: place of sunrise, east.
נַעֲרָ֔ן  Naaran 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: נַעֲרָן  
Sense: a town on the eastern limit of the territory of Ephraim.
וְלַֽמַּעֲרָ֗ב  and  to  the  west 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַעֲרָב  
Sense: setting place, west, westward.
גֶּ֤זֶר  Gezer 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גֶּזֶר  
Sense: a Levitical city on the border of Ephraim.
וּבְנֹתֶ֙יהָ֙  and  its  towns 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
וּשְׁכֶ֣ם  and  Shechem 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: שְׁכֶם 
Sense: son of Hamor, the chieftain of the Hivites at Shechem at the time of Jacob’s arrival.
וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָ  and  its  towns 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
עַד־  as  far  as 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
עַיָּ֖ה  Ayyah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עַזָּה  
Sense: another name for ‘Gaza’, a city of the Philistines located in the extreme southwest of Palestine close to the Mediterranean.
וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ  and  its  towns 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.

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