The Meaning of Joshua 21:33 Explained

Joshua 21:33

KJV: All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

YLT: all the cities of the Gershonite, for their families, are thirteen cities and their suburbs.

Darby: All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities and their suburbs.

ASV: All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

All the cities  of the Gershonites  according to their families  [were] thirteen  cities  with their suburbs. 

What does Joshua 21:33 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 21:33 mean?

All the cities of the Gershonite according to their families three [were] [and] ten cities and with their common-lands -
כָּל־ עָרֵ֥י הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֖י לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם שְׁלֹשׁ־ עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה עִ֖יר וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן ס

עָרֵ֥י  the  cities  of 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֖י  the  Gershonite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֵּרְשֻׁנִּי  
Sense: a descendant of Gershon, firstborn son of Levi.
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם  according  to  their  families 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
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).
עִ֖יר  cities 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
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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