Joshua 15:48
in Joshua 15These were in the hill country:
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And in the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
KJV
And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
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This verse in Joshua 15
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThe record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And when this was done there was a more equal dividend (either in quantity or quality) of the remainder among the seven tribes. And this, probably, was intended in that general rule which was given concerning this partition ( Num. xxxiii.
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And in the mountains,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Socoh - See a town of this name, Jos 15:35 (note).
The words behind it
4 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבָהָ֑ר | uvahar | and in the hill country | H2022 → | 546 times |
| שָׁמִ֥יר | shamir | Shamir | H8069 → | |
| וְיַתִּ֖יר | veyatir | and Jattir | H3492 → | |
| וְשׂוֹכֹֽה׃ | vesokhoh | and Socoh | H7755 → |
וּבָהָ֑רand in the hill country
uvaharH2022 →546 times
שָׁמִ֥ירShamir
shamirH8069 →
וְיַתִּ֖ירand Jattir
veyatirH3492 →
וְשׂוֹכֹֽה׃and Socoh
vesokhohH7755 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
2 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joshua 21:14Jattir, Eshtemoa,
it leads to
- Joshua 15:50
Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,
- 1 Samuel 30:27–28
He sent gifts to those in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, and Jattir;
- Joshua 15:50
Where this verse is studied
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About Joshua
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.