The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 5:16 Explained

1 Chronicles 5:16

KJV: And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.

YLT: and they dwell in Gilead in Bashan, and in her small towns, and in all suburbs of Sharon, upon their outskirts;

Darby: And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the pasture-grounds of Sharon, as far as their limits.

ASV: And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they dwelt  in Gilead  in Bashan,  and in her towns,  and in all the suburbs  of Sharon,  upon their borders. 

What does 1 Chronicles 5:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 5

1  Judah and Joseph preferred before Reuben, who forfeited his birthright
3  Ruben's descendants; some of whom vanquish the Hagarites
11  The chief men of Gad, and their habitations
18  Ruben, Gad, and half of Manasseh, obtain a victory over the Hagarites
23  The habitations and chief men of that half of Manasseh
25  The captivity of the two tribes and half, for their sins

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 5:16 mean?

And [the Gadites] dwelt in Gilead in Bashan and in its villages and in all the common-lands of Sharon within their borders
וַיֵּֽשְׁב֛וּ בַּגִּלְעָ֥ד בַּבָּשָׁ֖ן וּבִבְנֹתֶ֑יהָ וּבְכָֽל־ מִגְרְשֵׁ֥י שָׁר֖וֹן עַל־ תּוֹצְאוֹתָֽם

וַיֵּֽשְׁב֛וּ  And  [the  Gadites]  dwelt 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
בַּגִּלְעָ֥ד  in  Gilead 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּלְעָד  
Sense: a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called ‘Mount Gilead’ or the ‘land of Gilead’ or just ‘Gilead’.
בַּבָּשָׁ֖ן  in  Bashan 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בָּשָׁן 
Sense: a district east of the Jordan known for its fertility which was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh.
וּבִבְנֹתֶ֑יהָ  and  in  its  villages 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
וּבְכָֽל־  and  in  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
מִגְרְשֵׁ֥י  the  common-lands 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: מִגְרָשׁ 
Sense: common, common land, open land, suburb.
שָׁר֖וֹן  of  Sharon 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: לַשָּׁרֹון 
Sense: plain, level.
עַל־  within 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
תּוֹצְאוֹתָֽם  their  borders 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: תֹּוצָאֹות  
Sense: outgoing, border, a going out, extremity, end, source, escape.

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