King James Version

Numbers 35:7

So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.

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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).הֶעָרִ֗יםhearimthe cityעִירdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “the 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.אֲשֶׁ֤רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…תִּתְּנוּ֙titnvgiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to 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…לַלְוִיִּ֔םlalviyimto Leviiteלֵוִיִּיpreposition, with the article, noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “to Leviite”, the ordinary formH3881a Levite or descendant of LeviLeviite.אַרְבָּעִ֥יםarbaimfortyאַרְבָּעִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “forty”, the ordinary formH705forty-forty.וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖הushemonehand eightשְׁמֹנֶהconjunction, adjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “and eight”, the ordinary formH8083a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eightheight(-een, -eenth), eighth.עִ֑ירircityעִירnoun, common, feminine, singular, 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.אֶתְהֶ֖ןethenobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “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).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).מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽןmigresheyhensuburbמִגְרָשׁnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “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.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with the open land about them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them shall ye give with their suburbs.

Young’s Literal Translation

all the cities which ye give to the Levites [are] forty and eight cities, them and their suburbs.

World English Bible

All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities together with their pasture lands.

Darby Translation

all the cities that ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, they and their suburbs.

Douay-Rheims

That is, in all forty-eight with their suburbs.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with the open land about them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Ye shall give to the Levites in all forty-eight cities, them and their suburbs.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πάσας τὰς πόλεις δώσετε τοῖς Λευίταις τεσσαράκοντα καὶ ὀκτὼ πόλεις· ταύτας, καὶ τὰ προάστεια αὐτῶν.