The Meaning of Joshua 21:41 Explained

Joshua 21:41

KJV: All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

YLT: All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel are forty and eight cities, and their suburbs.

Darby: All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities and their suburbs.

ASV: All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

All the cities  of the Levites  within  the possession  of the children  of Israel  [were] forty  and eight  cities  with their suburbs. 

What does Joshua 21:41 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 21:41 mean?

All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the sons of Israel cities forty and [were] eight and with their common-lands
כֹּ֚ל עָרֵ֣י הַלְוִיִּ֔ם בְּת֖וֹךְ אֲחֻזַּ֣ת בְּנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עָרִ֛ים אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖ה וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן

עָרֵ֣י  the  cities 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
הַלְוִיִּ֔ם  of  the  Levites 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
בְּת֖וֹךְ  within 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: תָּוֶךְ  
Sense: midst, middle.
אֲחֻזַּ֣ת  the  possession 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֲחֻזָּה  
Sense: possession, property.
בְּנֵֽי־  of  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
עָרִ֛ים  cities 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים  forty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: אַרְבָּעִים  
Sense: forty.
וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖ה  and  [were]  eight 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular
Root: שְׁמֹנֶה  
Sense: eight, eighth.
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.

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