The Meaning of Joshua 19:15 Explained

Joshua 19:15

KJV: And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

YLT: and Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-Lehem; twelve cities and their villages.

Darby: and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Jidalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities and their hamlets.

ASV: and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Kattath,  and Nahallal,  and Shimron,  and Idalah,  and Bethlehem:  twelve  cities  with their villages. 

What does Joshua 19:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Joshua 19

1  The lot of Simeon
10  of Zebulun
17  of Issachar
24  of Asher
32  of Naphtali
40  of Dan
49  The children of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua

What do the individual words in Joshua 19:15 mean?

And Included were Kattath and Nahalal and Shimron and Idalah and Bethlehem cities two [and] ten and with their villages
וְקַטָּ֤ת וְנַֽהֲלָל֙ וְשִׁמְר֔וֹן וְיִדְאֲלָ֖ה וּבֵ֣ית לָ֑חֶם עָרִ֥ים שְׁתֵּים־ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן

וְקַטָּ֤ת  And  Included  were  Kattath 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: קַטָּת  
Sense: a town in Zebulun.
וְנַֽהֲלָל֙  and  Nahalal 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: נַהֲלָל 
Sense: one of the cities of Zebulun given to the Merarite Levites.
וְשִׁמְר֔וֹן  and  Shimron 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: שִׁמְרֹון 
Sense: 4th son of Issachar and the progenitor of the family of Shimronites.
וְיִדְאֲלָ֖ה  and  Idalah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יִדְאֲלָה  
Sense: a town in Zebulun between Shimron and Bethlehem, site unknown.
לָ֑חֶם  Bethlehem 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בֵּית לֶחֶם  
Sense: a city in Judah, birthplace of David.
עָרִ֥ים  cities 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
שְׁתֵּים־  two 
Parse: Number, fd
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן  and  with  their  villages 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common plural construct, third person feminine plural
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.