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Joshua 21:39

Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.

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אֶתetobject 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).חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙cheshbonHeshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןnoun, proper name — “Heshbon”H2809Cheshbon, a place East of the JordanHeshbon.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).מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָmigrashehasuburbמִגְרָשׁnoun, 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.אֶתetobject 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).יַעְזֵ֖רyazerJaazerיַעֲזֵירnoun, proper name — “Jaazer”H3270Jaazer or Jazer, a place East of the JordanJaazer, Jazer.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).מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָmigrashehasuburbמִגְרָשׁnoun, 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.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).עָרִ֖יםarimcityעִירnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.אַרְבַּֽעarbafourאַרְבַּעadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “four”, the ordinary formH702fourfour.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Heshbon with the open land about it, Jazer with the open land about it; four cities in all.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.

Young’s Literal Translation

Heshbon and its suburbs, Jazer and its suburbs — [in] all four cities.

World English Bible

Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands: four cities in all.

Darby Translation

Heshbon and its suburbs, Jaazer and its suburbs: four cities in all.

Douay-Rheims

So all the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Heshbon with the open land about it, Jazer with the open land about it; four cities in all.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and Esbon and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs: the cities were four in all.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ τὴν Ἐσβὼν, καὶ τὰ περισπόρια αὐτῆς· καὶ τὴν Ἰαζὴρ, καὶ τὰ περισπόρια αὐτῆς· πᾶσαι αἱ πόλεις τέσσαρες.