The Meaning of Joshua 19:7 Explained

Joshua 19:7

KJV: Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:

YLT: Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages;

Darby: Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan: four cities and their hamlets;

ASV: Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Ain,  Remmon,  and Ether,  and Ashan;  four  cities  and their villages: 

What does Joshua 19:7 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 19:7 mean?

Ain Rimmon and Ether and Ashan cities four and their villages
עַ֥יִן ׀ רִמּ֖וֹן וָעֶ֣תֶר וְעָשָׁ֑ן עָרִ֥ים אַרְבַּ֖ע וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן

עַ֥יִן ׀  Ain 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עַיִן  
Sense: one of the landmarks on the eastern boundary of Palestine.
רִמּ֖וֹן  Rimmon 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: רִמֹּון 
Sense: the deity of wind, rain, and storm, worshipped by the Syrians of Damascus.
וָעֶ֣תֶר  and  Ether 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֶתֶר  
Sense: a town in the lowlands of Judah allotted to Simeon.
וְעָשָׁ֑ן  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.
עָרִ֥ים  cities 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
אַרְבַּ֖ע  four 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן  and  their  villages 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common plural construct, third person feminine plural
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.

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