The Meaning of Joshua 21:19 Explained

Joshua 21:19

KJV: All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

YLT: all the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, are thirteen cities and their suburbs.

Darby: All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities and their suburbs.

ASV: All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

All the cities  of the children  of Aaron,  the priests,  [were] thirteen  cities  with their suburbs. 

What does Joshua 21:19 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Joshua 21

1  Forty-eight cities given by lot, out of the other tribes unto the Levites
43  God gives the land, and rest unto the Israelites, according to his promise

What do the individual words in Joshua 21:19 mean?

All the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests three [were] [and] ten cities and with their common-lands -
כָּל־ עָרֵ֥י בְנֵֽי־ אַהֲרֹ֖ן הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֑ים שְׁלֹשׁ־ עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה עָרִ֖ים וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן ס

עָרֵ֥י  the  cities  of 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
בְנֵֽי־  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אַהֲרֹ֖ן  of  Aaron 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַהֲרֹון  
Sense: brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest.
הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֑ים  the  priests 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
שְׁלֹשׁ־  three 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה  [were]  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
עָרִ֖ים  cities 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן  and  with  their  common-lands 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine plural
Root: מִגְרָשׁ 
Sense: common, common land, open land, suburb.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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