The Meaning of Joshua 15:54 Explained

Joshua 15:54

KJV: And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:

YLT: and Humtah, and Kirjath-Arba (it is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities and their villages.

Darby: and Humtah, and Kirjath-Arba, that is, Hebron, and Zior: nine cities and their hamlets.

ASV: and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Humtah,  and Kirjatharba,  which [is] Hebron,  and Zior;  nine  cities  with their villages: 

What does Joshua 15:54 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 15:54 mean?

and Humtah and Kirjath Arba that [is] Hebron and Zior cities nine and with their villages -
וְחֻמְטָ֗ה וְקִרְיַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֛ע הִ֥יא חֶבְר֖וֹן וְצִיעֹ֑ר עָרִ֥ים תֵּ֖שַׁע וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן ס

וְחֻמְטָ֗ה  and  Humtah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֻמְטָה  
Sense: a town in the mountainous region of Judah, the one next to Hebron.
אַרְבַּ֛ע  Kirjath  Arba 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע 
Sense: early name of the city which after the conquest was called ‘Hebron’.
הִ֥יא  that  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
חֶבְר֖וֹן  Hebron 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶבְרֹון 
Sense: a city in south Judah approx 20 south of Jerusalem and approx 20 miles (30 km) north of Beersheba and near where Abraham built an altar.
וְצִיעֹ֑ר  and  Zior 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: צִיעֹר  
Sense: a town in the mountains of Judah belonging to the same group as Hebron.
עָרִ֥ים  cities 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
תֵּ֖שַׁע  nine 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: תֵּשַׁע  
Sense: nine, nonad.
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן  and  with  their  villages 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common plural construct, third person feminine plural
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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