The Meaning of Joshua 21:39 Explained

Joshua 21:39

KJV: Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

YLT: Heshbon and its suburbs, Jazer and its suburbs -- in all four cities.

Darby: Heshbon and its suburbs, Jaazer and its suburbs: four cities in all.

ASV: Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Heshbon  with her suburbs,  Jazer  with her suburbs;  four  cities  in all. 

What does Joshua 21:39 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 21:39 mean?

- Heshbon and with its common-land [and] Jazer its common-land in all cities four
אֶת־ חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ וְאֶת־ מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ יַעְזֵ֖ר מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ כָּל־ עָרִ֖ים אַרְבַּֽע

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.
חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙  Heshbon 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶשְׁבֹּון  
Sense: the capital city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, located on the western border of the high plain and on the border line between the tribes of Reuben and Gad.
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.
מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ  its  common-land 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: מִגְרָשׁ 
Sense: common, common land, open land, suburb.
יַעְזֵ֖ר  [and]  Jazer 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יַעְזֵיר  
Sense: a Levitical city east of the Jordan, in Gilead in the territory of Gad, formerly an Amorite city; site uncertain.
מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ  its  common-land 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: מִגְרָשׁ 
Sense: common, common land, open land, suburb.
כָּל־  in  all 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
עָרִ֖ים  cities 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
אַרְבַּֽע  four 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.