The Meaning of Joshua 15:57 Explained

Joshua 15:57

KJV: Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:

YLT: Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities and their villages.

Darby: Kain, Gibeah and Timnah: ten cities and their hamlets.

ASV: Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Cain,  Gibeah,  and Timnah;  ten  cities  with their villages: 

What does Joshua 15:57 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 15:57 mean?

Kain Gibeah and Timnah cities ten and with their villages
הַקַּ֖יִן גִּבְעָ֣ה וְתִמְנָ֑ה עָרִ֥ים עֶ֖שֶׂר וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן

הַקַּ֖יִן  Kain 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: קַיִן 
Sense: eldest son of Adam and Eve and the first murderer having murdered his brother Abel.
גִּבְעָ֣ה  Gibeah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּבְעָה  
Sense: a city in the mountain district of Judah.
וְתִמְנָ֑ה  and  Timnah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: תִּמְנָה  
Sense: a town on the northern boundary of Judah later assigned to Dan.
עָרִ֥ים  cities 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
עֶ֖שֶׂר  ten 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: עֶשֶׂר 
Sense: ten.
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן  and  with  their  villages 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common plural construct, third person feminine plural
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.

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