King James Version

1 Chronicles 6:55

And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

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In the Hebrew text this line is 1 Chronicles 6:40.

וַֽיִּתְּנ֥וּvayitnvand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and give”, the next action in the storyH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לָהֶ֛םlahemtoלָהֶ֛םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toאֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).חֶבְר֖וֹןchevronHebronחֶבְרוֹןnoun, proper name — “Hebron”H2275Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two IsraelitesHebron.בְּאֶ֣רֶץbeeretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.יְהוּדָ֑הyehudahJudahיְהוּדָהnoun, proper name — “Judah”H3063Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territoryJudah.וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).מִגְרָשֶׁ֖יהָmigrasheyhasuburbמִגְרָשׁnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “suburb”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4054a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around abuilding, or the margin of the seacast out, suburb.סְבִיבֹתֶֽיהָsevivoteyhaaboutסָבִיבnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “about”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(6-40) to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the open land round about it;

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American Standard Version (1901)

to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;

Young’s Literal Translation

and they give to them Hebron in the land of Judah and its suburbs round about it;

World English Bible

to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its pasture lands around it;

Darby Translation

and they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;

Douay-Rheims

And they gave them Hebron in the land of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(6-40) to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the open land round about it;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they gave them Chebron in the land of Juda, and its suburbs round about it.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔδωκαν αὐτοῖς τὴν Χεβρὼν ἐν γῇ Ἰούδα, καὶ τὰ περισπόρια αὐτῆς κύκλῳ αὐτῆς.