The Meaning of Joshua 21:40 Explained

Joshua 21:40

KJV: So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

YLT: All the cities for the sons of Merari, for their families, who are left of the families of the Levites -- their lot is twelve cities.

Darby: These were all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, which remained of the families of the Levites, and their lot was twelve cities.

ASV: All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So all the cities  for the children  of Merari  by their families,  which were remaining  of the families  of the Levites,  were [by] their lot  twelve  cities. 

What does Joshua 21:40 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 21:40 mean?

So all the cities for the sons of Merari according to their families the rest of the families of the Levites and were [by] their lot cities two [and] ten
כָּל־ הֶ֨עָרִ֜ים לִבְנֵ֤י מְרָרִי֙ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם הַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים מִמִּשְׁפְּח֣וֹת הַלְוִיִּ֑ם וַיְהִי֙ גּוֹרָלָ֔ם עָרִ֖ים שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵֽה

כָּל־  So  all 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הֶ֨עָרִ֜ים  the  cities 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
לִבְנֵ֤י  for  the  sons 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
מְרָרִי֙  of  Merari 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְרָרִי  
Sense: the 3rd son of Levi and head of a Levitical family.
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם  according  to  their  families 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
הַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים  the  rest 
Parse: Article, Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: יָתַר  
Sense: to be left over, remain, remain over, leave.
מִמִּשְׁפְּח֣וֹת  of  the  families 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
הַלְוִיִּ֑ם  of  the  Levites 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
וַיְהִי֙  and  were 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
גּוֹרָלָ֔ם  [by]  their  lot 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: גֹּורָל  
Sense: lot.
עָרִ֖ים  cities 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
שְׁתֵּ֥ים  two 
Parse: Number, fd
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
עֶשְׂרֵֽה  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).

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