Joshua 21:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.”

Joshua 21:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Joshua 21:815 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יִּתְּנ֤וּwayitənw

addconjH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

בְנֵֽיbənēy

sonnounH1121

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

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙yiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

לַ/לְוִיִּ֔םlaləwiyim

LeviitepronH3881

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/הֶ֑ןmigərəšēyhen

cast outnounH4054

suburb

כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֨רkaʾăšer

aspronH834

after · alike · because · every ···

צִוָּ֧הṣiwāh

appointverbH6680

bid · charge · (give a · give in ···

יְהוָ֛הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

בְּ/יַדbəyad

handpronH3027

about · armholes · at · axletree ···

מֹשֶׁ֖הmōšeh

MosesnounH4872

בַּ/גּוֹרָֽלbagwōrāl

lotpronH1486

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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