Joshua 15:62

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַנִּבְשָׁ֥ן וְעִיר־הַמֶּ֖לַח וְעֵ֣ין גֶּ֑דִי עָרִ֥ים שֵׁ֖שׁ וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

Transliteration

And-the-nibšān and-ʿîr-the-melaḥ and-ʿên gedî ʿārîm šēš and-ḥaṣrêhen

Grammar Details

*nibšān*: proper noun with definite article - the Nibshan (city name)
*ʿîr*-the-*melaḥ*: construct form + proper noun with definite article - City of Salt
*ʿên*: noun, feminine singular construct - spring/fountain of
*gedî*: proper noun - Gedi (meaning 'kid goat')
*ʿārîm*: noun, feminine plural - cities
*šēš*: number - six
*ḥaṣrêhen*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person feminine plural suffix - their villages/settlements

Word Meanings

*nibšān*: Nibshan (city name)
*ʿîr*-*hamelaḥ*: City of Salt/Ir-hamelach
*ʿên* *gedî*: En-gedi (meaning 'spring of the kid/young goat')
*ḥaṣrêhen*: their villages/settlements/hamlets/unwalled towns

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 23:29 : 29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi.
2 Chr 20:2 : 2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (the same is En-gedi).

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