Joshua 21:40

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{ "verseID": "Joshua.21.40", "source": "כָּל־הֶ֨עָרִ֜ים לִבְנֵ֤י מְרָרִי֙ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם הַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים מִמִּשְׁפְּח֣וֹת הַלְוִיִּ֑ם וַיְהִי֙ גּוֹרָלָ֔ם עָרִ֖ים שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃", "text": "*kol*-*heʿārîm* *libnê* *mərārî* *ləmišpəḥōtām* *hannôtārîm* *mimmišpəḥôt* *halwiyyîm* *wayəhî* *gôrālām* *ʿārîm* *šətêm* *ʿeśrêh*", "grammar": { "*kol*": "noun masculine singular construct - all of", "*heʿārîm*": "article + noun feminine plural - the cities", "*libnê*": "preposition + noun masculine plural construct - for sons of", "*mərārî*": "proper noun - Merari", "*ləmišpəḥōtām*": "preposition + noun feminine plural construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - for their families", "*hannôtārîm*": "article + participle Niphal masculine plural - the remaining ones", "*mimmišpəḥôt*": "preposition + noun feminine plural construct - from families of", "*halwiyyîm*": "article + proper noun masculine plural - the Levites", "*wayəhî*": "conjunction + verb Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular apocopated - and was", "*gôrālām*": "noun masculine singular construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their lot", "*ʿārîm*": "noun feminine plural - cities", "*šətêm*": "number feminine construct - two of", "*ʿeśrêh*": "number feminine - ten [twelve]" }, "variants": { "*kol*": "all/every/whole", "*heʿārîm*": "the cities/towns", "*libnê*": "for sons/descendants of", "*ləmišpəḥōtām*": "for their families/clans", "*hannôtārîm*": "the ones remaining/those left", "*mimmišpəḥôt*": "from families/clans of", "*gôrālām*": "their lot/portion/inheritance", "*ʿārîm šətêm ʿeśrêh*": "twelve cities" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־הֶ֨עָרִ֜ים לִבְנֵ֤י מְרָרִי֙ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם הַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים מִמִּשְׁפְּח֣וֹת הַלְוִיִּ֑ם וַיְהִי֙ גּוֹרָלָ֔ם עָרִ֖ים שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵֽה׃

Transliteration

kol-heʿārîm libnê mərārî ləmišpəḥōtām hannôtārîm mimmišpəḥôt halwiyyîm wayəhî gôrālām ʿārîm šətêm ʿeśrêh

Grammar Details

• *kol*: noun masculine singular construct - all of
• *heʿārîm*: article + noun feminine plural - the cities
• *libnê*: preposition + noun masculine plural construct - for sons of
• *mərārî*: proper noun - Merari
• *ləmišpəḥōtām*: preposition + noun feminine plural construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - for their families
• *hannôtārîm*: article + participle Niphal masculine plural - the remaining ones
• *mimmišpəḥôt*: preposition + noun feminine plural construct - from families of
• *halwiyyîm*: article + proper noun masculine plural - the Levites
• *wayəhî*: conjunction + verb Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular apocopated - and was
• *gôrālām*: noun masculine singular construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their lot
• *ʿārîm*: noun feminine plural - cities
• *šətêm*: number feminine construct - two of
• *ʿeśrêh*: number feminine - ten [twelve]

Word Meanings

• *kol*: all/every/whole
• *heʿārîm*: the cities/towns
• *libnê*: for sons/descendants of
• *ləmišpəḥōtām*: for their families/clans
• *hannôtārîm*: the ones remaining/those left
• *mimmišpəḥôt*: from families/clans of
• *gôrālām*: their lot/portion/inheritance
• *ʿārîm šətêm ʿeśrêh*: twelve cities

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  In total, the families of the Merarites, the remaining Levite families, received twelve cities by lot.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  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.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  so that all the cities of the children of Merari amonge their kynreds of ye other Leuites, were twolue.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So all the cities of the children of Merari according to their families (which were the rest of the families of the Leuites) were by their lot, twelue cities.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  So that all the cities of the children of Merari throughout their kinredes which were the rest of the kynredes of the Leuites, were by their lot twelue cities.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Merarite clans(the remaining Levites) were allotted twelve cities.