The Meaning of Joshua 19:41 Explained

Joshua 19:41

KJV: And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,

YLT: and the border of their inheritance is Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-Shemesh,

Darby: And the territory of their inheritance was Zoreah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,

ASV: And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the coast  of their inheritance  was Zorah,  and Eshtaol,  and Irshemesh, 

What does Joshua 19:41 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 19:41 mean?

And was the territory of their inheritance Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir Shemesh
וַיְהִ֖י גְּב֣וּל נַחֲלָתָ֑ם צָרְעָ֥ה וְאֶשְׁתָּא֖וֹל וְעִ֥יר שָֽׁמֶשׁ

וַיְהִ֖י  And  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
גְּב֣וּל  the  territory 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: גְּבוּל  
Sense: border, territory.
נַחֲלָתָ֑ם  of  their  inheritance 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.
צָרְעָ֥ה  Zorah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: צָרְעָה  
Sense: a town in Dan, residence of Manoah and the home town of Samson.
וְאֶשְׁתָּא֖וֹל  and  Eshtaol 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶשְׁתָּאֹול  
Sense: a Danite city located within Judah.
שָֽׁמֶשׁ  Ir  Shemesh 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר שֶׁמֶשׁ  
Sense: a city in Dan; probably the same as ‘Beth-shemesh’.