The Meaning of Joshua 15:42 Explained

Joshua 15:42

KJV: Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

YLT: Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

Darby: Libna, and Ether, and Ashan,

ASV: Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Libnah,  and Ether,  and Ashan, 

What does Joshua 15:42 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Joshua 15

1  The borders of the lot of Judah
13  Caleb's portion and conquest
16  Othniel, for his valour, marries Achsah, Caleb's daughter
18  She obtains a blessing of her father
21  The cities of Judah
63  The Jebusites unconquered

What do the individual words in Joshua 15:42 mean?

Libnah and Ether and Ashan
לִבְנָ֥ה וָעֶ֖תֶר וְעָשָֽׁן

לִבְנָ֥ה  Libnah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: לִבְנָה  
Sense: a royal city of the Canaanites in the southwest captured by Joshua; allocated to Judah and made a Levitical city; site unknown.
וָעֶ֖תֶר  and  Ether 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֶתֶר  
Sense: a town in the lowlands of Judah allotted to Simeon.
וְעָשָֽׁן  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.

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