The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 6:68 Explained

1 Chronicles 6:68

KJV: And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,

YLT: and Jokmeam and its suburbs, and Beth-Horan and its suburbs,

Darby: and Jokmeam and its suburbs, and Beth-horon and its suburbs,

ASV: and Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Jokmeam  with her suburbs,  and Bethhoron  with her suburbs, 

What does 1 Chronicles 6:68 Mean?

Study Notes

Jokmeam
See Joshua 21:22-35 where many of these cities have other names:

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 6

1  The sons of Levi
4  The line of Eleazar unto the captivity
16  The families of Gershom, Kohath, and Merari
49  The office of Aaron, and his line unto Ahimaaz
54  The cities of the priests and Levites

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 6:68 mean?

and Jokmeam and with its common-lands and in Beth Horon its common-lands
וְאֶֽת־ יָקְמְעָם֙ וְאֶת־ מִגְרָשֶׁ֔יהָ וְאֶת־ בֵּ֥ית חוֹר֖וֹן מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ

יָקְמְעָם֙  Jokmeam 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יָקְמְעָם  
Sense: a city of refuge in Ephraim given to the Kohathite Levites.
וְאֶת־  and  with 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
מִגְרָשֶׁ֔יהָ  its  common-lands 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: מִגְרָשׁ 
Sense: common, common land, open land, suburb.
חוֹר֖וֹן  Beth  Horon 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בֵּית־חֹורֹון 
Sense: two towns in Ephraim.
מִגְרָשֶֽׁיהָ  its  common-lands 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: מִגְרָשׁ 
Sense: common, common land, open land, suburb.

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