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Joshua 21:2

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Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;	And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.	And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And they spake^H1696 unto them at Shiloh^H7887 in the land^H776 of Canaan^H3667, saying^H559, The LORD^H3068 commanded^H6680 by the hand^H3027 of Moses^H4872 to give^H5414 us cities^H5892 to dwell in^H3427, with the suburbs^H4054 thereof for our cattle^H929.

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Original Hebrew

וַיְדַבְּרוּ אֲלֵיהֶם בְּשִׁלֹה בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן לֵאמֹר יְהוָה צִוָּה בְיַד־מֹשֶׁה לָתֶת־לָנוּ עָרִים לָשָׁבֶת וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶן לִבְהֶמְתֵּנוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְדַבְּר֨וּ	va/y.da.be.Ru	H1696	HC/Vpw3mp	and/ they spoke
אֲלֵי/הֶ֜ם	'a.lei./Hem	H413	HR/Sp3mp	to/ them
בְּ/שִׁלֹ֗ה	be./shi.Loh	H7887	HR/Np	at/ Shiloh
בְּ/אֶ֤רֶץ	be./'E.retz	H776	HR/Ncbsc	in/ (the) land of
כְּנַ֨עַן֙	ke.Na.'an	H3667	HNp	Canaan
לֵ/אמֹ֔ר	le./Mor	H559	HR/Vqc	(to)/ saying
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
צִוָּ֣ה	tzi.Vah	H6680	HVpp3ms	he commanded
בְ/יַד	ve./yad-	H3027	HR/Ncbsc	by/ (the) hand of
מֹשֶׁ֔ה	mo.Sheh	H4872	HNp	Moses
לָֽ/תֶת	la./tet-	H5414	HR/Vqc	to/ give
לָ֥/נוּ	La./nu		HR/Sp1cp	to (the)/ us
עָרִ֖ים	'a.Rim	H5892	HNcfpa	cities
לָ/שָׁ֑בֶת	la./Sha.vet	H3427	HR/Vqc	to/ dwell in
וּ/מִגְרְשֵׁי/הֶ֖ן	u./mig.re.shei./Hen	H4054	HC/Ncmpc/Sp3fp	and/ pasture lands/ their
לִ/בְהֶמְתֵּֽ/נוּ	li/v.hem.Te./nu	H929	HR/Ncfsc/Sp1cp	for/ livestock/ our

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H929 — בְּהֵמָה (bᵉhêmâh, be-hay-maw'): from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute); properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective); beast, cattle.
• H1696 — דָבַר (dâbar, daw-bar'): a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.
• H3027 — יָד (yâd, yawd): a primitive word; in distinction from כַּף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H3667 — כְּנַעַן (Kᵉnaʻan, ken-ah'-an): from כָּנַע; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him; Canaan, merchant, traffick.
• H4054 — מִגְרָשׁ (migrâsh, mig-rawsh'): also (in plural) feminine (Ezekiel 27:28) מִגְרָשָׁה; from גָּרַשׁ; a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around abuilding, or the margin of the sea; cast out, suburb.
• H4872 — מֹשֶׁה (Môsheh, mo-sheh'): from מָשָׁה; drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver; Moses.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to 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] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a 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.
• H6680 — צָוָה (tsâvâh, tsaw-vaw'): a primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin; appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
• H7887 — שִׁילֹה (Shîylôh, shee-lo'): or שִׁלֹה; or שִׁילוֹ; or שִׁלוֹ; from the same as שִׁילֹה; Shiloh, a place in Palestine; Shiloh.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).

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