What Does 1 Chronicles 6:59 Mean in the King James?
And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The verse counts the open land around a town as part of the town itself.
THE MEANING
Ashan (עָשָׁן, “smoke”) and Beth-shemesh (בֵּית־שֶׁמֶשׁ, “house of the sun”) are named with their surrounding open land. The verse presents each place through both its center and the space that belongs with it. A dwelling’s extent reaches beyond its clustered homes.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A town ends where its buildings end.
THE ROOT
מִגְרָשֶׁיהָ
u-migrāšêhā
GROWS FROM
גרש
To drive out or push away; the related noun migrash means open land around a town.
The word translated “suburbs” names open ground as part of a town’s allotted space. Its connection to the idea of being driven outward gives the town an edge that extends beyond its built center.
ALSO GROWS
gāraš: to drive out, expel
גָּרַשׁ
The root’s outward movement helps illuminate the open land beyond the town’s center.
gērūš: expulsion; divorce
גֵּרוּשׁ
This branch also carries a sense of separation; here, the related land marks the town’s outer reach.
THE PATTERN
A dwelling includes the surrounding ground and boundaries that shape its lived extent.
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;THE THREAD
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.Numbers uses the same Hebrew word, מִגְרָשׁ (migrash), for the open land around a town. It makes the relationship explicit: the dwelling includes its surrounding ground.
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