The Meaning of Joshua 21:23 Explained

Joshua 21:23

KJV: And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,

YLT: And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,

Darby: and out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,

ASV: And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And out of the tribe  of Dan,  Eltekeh  with her suburbs,  Gibbethon  with her suburbs, 

What does Joshua 21:23 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 21:23 mean?

And from the tribe of Dan - Eltekeh and with its common-land Gibbethon its common-land
וּמִמַּ֨טֵּה־ דָ֔ן אֶֽת־ אֶלְתְּקֵ֖א וְאֶת־ מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ גִּבְּת֖וֹן מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ

וּמִמַּ֨טֵּה־  And  from  the  tribe 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַטֶּה  
Sense: staff, branch, tribe.
דָ֔ן  of  Dan 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּן 
Sense: the 5th son of Jacob, the st of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid.
אֶֽת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
אֶלְתְּקֵ֖א  Eltekeh 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶלְתְּקֵא 
Sense: Levitical city in the tribe of Dan, between Ekron and Timna.
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.
מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ  its  common-land 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: מִגְרָשׁ 
Sense: common, common land, open land, suburb.
גִּבְּת֖וֹן  Gibbethon 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּבְּתֹון  
Sense: a Philistine town in Dan allocated to the Kohathite Levites.
מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ  its  common-land 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: מִגְרָשׁ 
Sense: common, common land, open land, suburb.

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