Focused Passage

Joshua 15:61-62

Judah’s Inheritance, Caleb’s Possession, and the Unfinished Hold of Jerusalem

Judah receives its allotted territory by boundary and city list, Caleb drives out the Anakim from Hebron, Othniel captures Kiriath Sepher, Achsah receives springs, and the chapter closes by noting that Jerusalem remains unconquered by Judah.

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61These were in the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,

62Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi—six cities, along with their villages.

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Verse 61

Original words

[These were] in the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֑רH4057Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularvvvבֵּ֚יתH1026PrepositionBeth-arabahהָעֲרָבָ֔הH1026Noun - proper - feminine singularMiddinמִדִּ֖יןH4081Noun - proper - feminine singularSecacahוּסְכָכָֽה׃H5527Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 62

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Nibshanוְהַנִּבְשָׁ֥ןH5044Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularvvvוְעִיר־H5898the City of Saltהַמֶּ֖לַחH5898Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singularvvvוְעֵ֣יןH5872and En-gediגֶּ֑דִיH5872Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singularsixשֵׁ֖שׁH8337Number - feminine singularcitiesעָרִ֥יםH5892Noun - feminine pluralalong with their villagesוְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃H2691Conjunctive waw | Noun - common plural construct | third person feminine plural

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