The Meaning of Joshua 21:16 Explained

Joshua 21:16

KJV: And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

YLT: and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs; nine cities out of these two tribes.

Darby: and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh and its suburbs: nine cities out of those two tribes;

ASV: and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Ain  with her suburbs,  and Juttah  with her suburbs,  [and] Bethshemesh  with her suburbs;  nine  cities  out of those two  tribes. 

What does Joshua 21:16 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 21:16 mean?

and Ain and with its common-land Juttah - and Beth Shemesh its common-land cities nine from two tribes these -
וְאֶת־ עַ֣יִן וְאֶת־ מִגְרָשֶׁ֗הָ יֻטָּה֙ אֶת־ בֵּ֥ית שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ עָרִ֣ים תֵּ֔שַׁע מֵאֵ֕ת שְׁנֵ֥י הַשְּׁבָטִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה פ

עַ֣יִן  Ain 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עַיִן  
Sense: one of the landmarks on the eastern boundary of Palestine.
וְאֶת־  and  with 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
מִגְרָשֶׁ֗הָ  its  common-land 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: מִגְרָשׁ 
Sense: common, common land, open land, suburb.
יֻטָּה֙  Juttah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יוּטָּה  
Sense: a town in the mountains of Judah, in the neighbourhood of Maon and Carmel; modern ‘Yutta’.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ  Beth  Shemesh 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ  
Sense: a town in southwest Judah.
מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ  its  common-land 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: מִגְרָשׁ 
Sense: common, common land, open land, suburb.
עָרִ֣ים  cities 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
תֵּ֔שַׁע  nine 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: תֵּשַׁע  
Sense: nine, nonad.
שְׁנֵ֥י  two 
Parse: Number, mdc
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
הַשְּׁבָטִ֖ים  tribes 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֵׁבֶט  
Sense: rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe.
הָאֵֽלֶּה  these 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation