The Meaning of Joshua 15:55 Explained

Joshua 15:55

KJV: Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,

YLT: Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,

Darby: Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,

ASV: Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Maon,  Carmel,  and Ziph,  and Juttah, 

What does Joshua 15:55 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 15:55 mean?

Maon Carmel and Ziph and Juttah
מָע֥וֹן ׀ כַּרְמֶ֖ל וָזִ֥יף וְיוּטָּֽה

מָע֥וֹן ׀  Maon 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מָעֹון 
Sense: a man of Judah.
כַּרְמֶ֖ל  Carmel 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: כַּרְמֶל 
Sense: a mountain on the Mediterranean coast of northern Israel, just below Haifa.
וָזִ֥יף  and  Ziph 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: זִיף 
Sense: a son of Jehaleleel, a descendant of Judah, and brother of Ziphah.
וְיוּטָּֽה  and  Juttah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יוּטָּה  
Sense: a town in the mountains of Judah, in the neighbourhood of Maon and Carmel; modern ‘Yutta’.