The Meaning of Joshua 15:41 Explained

Joshua 15:41

KJV: And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:

YLT: and Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities and their villages.

Darby: and Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities and their hamlets.

ASV: and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Gederoth,  Bethdagon,  and Naamah,  and Makkedah;  sixteen  cities  with their villages: 

What does Joshua 15:41 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Joshua 15

1  The borders of the lot of Judah
13  Caleb's portion and conquest
16  Othniel, for his valour, marries Achsah, Caleb's daughter
18  She obtains a blessing of her father
21  The cities of Judah
63  The Jebusites unconquered

What do the individual words in Joshua 15:41 mean?

and Gederoth in Beth Dagon and Naamah and Makkedah cities six [and] ten and with their villages -
וּגְדֵר֕וֹת בֵּית־ דָּג֥וֹן וְנַעֲמָ֖ה וּמַקֵּדָ֑ה עָרִ֥ים שֵׁשׁ־ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן ס

וּגְדֵר֕וֹת  and  Gederoth 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גְּדֵרֹות  
Sense: a town in the low country of Judah.
דָּג֥וֹן  Beth  Dagon 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בֵּית־דָּגֹון  
Sense: the temple of Dagon in Judah.
וְנַעֲמָ֖ה  and  Naamah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: נַעֲמָה 
Sense: daughter of Lamech by his wife Zillah and sister of Tubal-cain in the days before the flood.
וּמַקֵּדָ֑ה  and  Makkedah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מַקֵּדָה  
Sense: the location of a cave in Judah where Joshua captured and executed five Canaanite kings during the conquest; located near Bethhoron and Libnah.
עָרִ֥ים  cities 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
שֵׁשׁ־  six 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן  and  with  their  villages 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common plural construct, third person feminine plural
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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