King James Version
Joshua 19:32 in the King James Version says “The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.”
Joshua 19:32 · King James Version
Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising .
KJV Study — Public Domain
“even for the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Naphtali”
H5321naphtali, a son of jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“came out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“lot”
H1486properly, a pebble, i.e., a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
“even for the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Naphtali”
H5321naphtali, a son of jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“according to their families”
H4940a family, i.e., circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
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