The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 4:32 Explained

1 Chronicles 4:32

KJV: And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:

YLT: And their villages are Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,

Darby: And their villages were Etam and Ain, Rimmon and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;

ASV: And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And their villages  [were], Etam,  and Ain,  Rimmon,  and Tochen,  and Ashan,  five  cities: 

What does 1 Chronicles 4:32 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 4

1  The posterity of Judah by Caleb, the son of Hur
5  Of Ashur, the posthumous son Hezron
9  Of Jabez, and his prayer
11  The other families of the same stock
21  The sons of Shelah
24  The posterity and cities of Simeon
39  Their conquest of Gedor, and of the Amalekites in mount Seir

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 4:32 mean?

And their villages [were] Etam and Ain Rimmon and Tochen and Ashan cities five
וְחַצְרֵיהֶם֙ עֵיטָ֣ם וָעַ֔יִן רִמּ֥וֹן וְתֹ֖כֶן וְעָשָׁ֑ן עָרִ֖ים חָמֵֽשׁ

וְחַצְרֵיהֶם֙  And  their  villages 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.
עֵיטָ֣ם  [were]  Etam 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֵיטָם  
Sense: a village of the tribe of Simeon.
וָעַ֔יִן  and  Ain 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עַיִן  
Sense: one of the landmarks on the eastern boundary of Palestine.
רִמּ֥וֹן  Rimmon 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: רִמֹּון 
Sense: the deity of wind, rain, and storm, worshipped by the Syrians of Damascus.
וְתֹ֖כֶן  and  Tochen 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: תֹּכֶן  
Sense: a town in Simeon until the time of David.
וְעָשָׁ֑ן  and  Ashan 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עָשָׁן  
Sense: a city in the lowland of Judah later mentioned as belonging to Simeon.
עָרִ֖ים  cities 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
חָמֵֽשׁ  five 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.

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