Joshua 21:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs.”

Joshua 21:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Joshua 21:313 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יִּתְּנ֨וּwayitənw

addconjH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

בְנֵיbənēy

sonnounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

יִשְׂרָאֵ֧לyiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

לַ/לְוִיִּ֛םlaləwiyim

LeviitepronH3881

מִ/נַּחֲלָתָ֖/םminaḥălātām

heritagepronH5159

to inherit · inheritance · possession. Compare

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

פִּ֣יpiy

mouthnounH6310

-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···

יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הֶ/עָרִ֥יםheʿāriym

AiparticleH5892

city · court · town

הָ/אֵ֖לֶּהhāʾēleh

an- other; one sortparticleH428

so · some · such · them ···

וְ/אֶתwəʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853

מִגְרְשֵׁי/הֶֽןmigərəšēyhen

cast outnounH4054

suburb

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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