1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 6:66–67

66And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

67They were given Shechem (a city of refuge)q with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,

Footnotes

  • q 6:67 As in the parallel text at Joshua 21:21|JOS 21:21; Hebrew They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem

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1 Chronicles 6:66

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
And some of the clansוּמִֽמִּשְׁפְּח֖וֹתū·mim·miš·pə·ḥō·wṯConjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - feminine plural constructH4940 clan
of the Kohathitesבְּנֵ֣יbə·nêNoun - masculine plural constructH1121 son
were given citiesעָרֵ֣י‘ā·rêNoun - feminine plural constructH5892 excitement
from the tribeמִמַּטֵּ֖הmim·maṭ·ṭêhPreposition-m; Noun - masculine singular constructH4294 staff, rod, shaft
of Ephraimאֶפְרָֽיִם׃’ep̄·rā·yimNoun - proper - masculine singularH669 Ephraim
for their territoryגְבוּלָ֔םḡə·ḇū·lāmNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine pluralH1366 border, boundary, territory

1 Chronicles 6:67

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
They were givenוַיִּתְּנ֨וּway·yit·tə·nūConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralH5414 give, put, set
Shechemשְׁכֶ֥םšə·ḵemNoun - proper - feminine singularH7927 shoulder
a cityעָרֵ֧י‘ā·rêNoun - feminine plural constructH5892 excitement
of refugeהַמִּקְלָ֛טham·miq·lāṭArticle; Noun - masculine singularH4733 refuge, asylum
with its pasturelandsמִגְרָשֶׁ֖יהָmiḡ·rā·še·hāNoun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singularH4054 common, common-land, open land
in the hill countryבְּהַ֣רbə·harPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular constructH2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
of Ephraimאֶפְרָ֑יִם’ep̄·rā·yimNoun - proper - masculine singularH669 Ephraim
andוְאֶת־wə·’eṯ-Conjunctive waw; Direct object markerH853 mark of the accusative
Gezerגֶּ֖זֶרge·zerNoun - proper - feminine singularH1507 Gezer

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1 Chronicles 6:67 Joshua 21:21

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