Joshua 21:40

Hebrew	כָּל הֶ֨עָרִ֜ים לִבְנֵ֤י מְרָרִי֙ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם הַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים מִמִּשְׁפְּח֣וֹת הַלְוִיִּ֑ם וַיְהִי֙plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigהָיָה hebrew The word הָיָה means “to exist” or “to be” or “to become” or “to come into being” and occurs 3561 times in the Old Testament. This is the foundational verb of existence, identity, becoming and occurrence. * It is used in the creation narrative of Genesis 1, represented by the English words Genesis 1:3Exodus 3:12Ruth 1:1Isaiah 2:2 גּוֹרָלָ֔ם עָרִ֖ים שְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵֽה
ESV	As for the cities of the several Merarite clans, that is, the remainder of the clans of the Levites, those allotted to them were in all twelve cities.
NIV	All the towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, were twelve.
NLT	So in all, twelve towns were allotted to the clan of Merari.
LXX	πᾶσαιplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigπᾶς greek Meaning * All * Every * The whole Adjective. Usage in the New Testament The sense of πᾶς depends on whether it modifies a singular or plural noun, and whether that noun is countable or uncountable. With singular countable nouns → "every" John 1:9John 3:16Romans 5:12Matthew 28:19Colossians 1:16Romans 3:23Romans 3:23John 3:16Colossians 1:17 πόλεις τοῖςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article υἱοῖς Μεραρι κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article καταλελειμμένων ἀπὸ τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article φυλῆς Λευι καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” ἐγενήθη τὰplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ὅρια πόλεις δέκα δύο
KJV	So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

^{Joshua 21:39 ← Joshua 21:40 → Joshua 21:41}

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