The Meaning of Joshua 19:8 Explained

Joshua 19:8

KJV: And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

YLT: also all the villages which are round about these cities, unto Baalath-Beer, Ramoth of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, for their families;

Darby: and all the hamlets that are round these cities to Baalath-beer, that is Ramah of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

ASV: and all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And all the villages  that [were] round about  these cities  to Baalathbeer,  Ramath  of the south.  This [is] the inheritance  of the tribe  of the children  of Simeon  according to their families. 

What does Joshua 19:8 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Joshua 19

1  The lot of Simeon
10  of Zebulun
17  of Issachar
24  of Asher
32  of Naphtali
40  of Dan
49  The children of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua

What do the individual words in Joshua 19:8 mean?

and all the villages that [were] all around cities these as far as in Baalath Beer Ramah of the Negev of the south This [was] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families
וְכָל־ הַֽחֲצֵרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר סְבִיבוֹת֙ הֶֽעָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה עַד־ בַּֽעֲלַ֥ת בְּאֵ֖ר רָ֣אמַת נֶ֑גֶב זֹ֗את נַחֲלַ֛ת מַטֵּ֥ה בְנֵֽי־ שִׁמְע֖וֹן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם

וְכָל־  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַֽחֲצֵרִ֗ים  the  villages 
Parse: Article, Noun, common plural
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.
אֲשֶׁ֤ר  that  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
סְבִיבוֹת֙  all  around 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
הֶֽעָרִ֣ים  cities 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
הָאֵ֔לֶּה  these 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
עַד־  as  far  as 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
בְּאֵ֖ר  Baalath  Beer 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בַּעֲלַת בְּאֵר  
Sense: a town in the south part of Judah, given to Simeon, which also bore the name of ‘Ramath-negeb’.
רָ֣אמַת  Ramah  of  the  Negev 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: רָמָה 
Sense: a town in Benjamin on the border of Ephraim about 5 miles (8 km) from Jerusalem and near to Gibeah.
נֶ֑גֶב  of  the  south 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נֶגֶב  
Sense: south-country, Nekeb, south.
זֹ֗את  This  [was] 
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
נַחֲלַ֛ת  the  inheritance 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.
מַטֵּ֥ה  of  the  tribe 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַטֶּה  
Sense: staff, branch, tribe.
בְנֵֽי־  of  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
שִׁמְע֖וֹן  of  Simeon 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שִׁמְעֹון  
Sense: the 2nd son of Jacob by his wife Leah and progenitor of the tribe of Simeon.
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם  according  to  their  families 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.

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