The Meaning of Joshua 21:12 Explained

Joshua 21:12

KJV: But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

YLT: and the field of the city and its villages they have given to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession.

Darby: But the fields of the city and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

ASV: But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But the fields  of the city,  and the villages  thereof, gave  they to Caleb  the son  of Jephunneh  for his possession. 

What does Joshua 21:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Joshua 21

1  Forty-eight cities given by lot, out of the other tribes unto the Levites
43  God gives the land, and rest unto the Israelites, according to his promise

What do the individual words in Joshua 21:12 mean?

But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession -
וְאֶת־ שְׂדֵ֥ה הָעִ֖יר וְאֶת־ חֲצֵרֶ֑יהָ נָֽתְנ֛וּ לְכָלֵ֥ב בֶּן־ יְפֻנֶּ֖ה בַּאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ ס

שְׂדֵ֥ה  the  fields 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שָׂדֶה 
Sense: field, land.
הָעִ֖יר  of  the  city 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
חֲצֵרֶ֑יהָ  its  villages 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: חָצֵר 
Sense: court, enclosure.
נָֽתְנ֛וּ  they  gave 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לְכָלֵ֥ב  to  Caleb 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כָּלֵב 
Sense: the godly son of Jephunneh and the faithful spy who reported the Promised Land favourably and urged its capture.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יְפֻנֶּ֖ה  of  Jephunneh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְפֻנֶּה  
Sense: a Kenezite and father of Caleb the spy from the tribe of Judah.
בַּאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ  as  his  possession 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֲחֻזָּה  
Sense: possession, property.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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