What Does Joshua 19:43 Mean in the King James?

And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,

Joshua 19:43 · KJV

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

Thimnathah is commonly linked with ⁨מָנָה⁩ (mānāh, to count or assign a portion), so this list quietly carries the language of allotment in a place-name.

THE MEANING

The verse makes inheritance concrete through named places. Thimnathah is commonly linked with ⁨מָנָה⁩ (mānāh, to apportion or assign), so the name itself carries the sense of a portion set out.

THE ROOT

תִּמְנָתָה

Timnathah

GROWS FROM

מנה

To count, number, or assign a portion.

Thimnathah is commonly connected with ⁨מנה⁩, whose meanings join counting with apportioning. The place-name therefore echoes the act of setting out a share within this list of locations.

ALSO GROWS

mānāh: To count, number, or appoint.

מָנָה

This verbal branch shows the act of assigning that the place-name is commonly understood to carry.

māneh: A measured unit of weight or value.

מָנֶה

A measured unit is a portion set by measure, extending the root’s sense of apportionment.

THE PATTERN

An inheritance becomes concrete when an expanse is marked by named places and boundaries.

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

Joshua 19:48 · KJVThe named places become a defined inheritance for Dan and its families.

Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)

Numbers 34:2 · KJVThe inheritance is made concrete through its stated land and coasts.

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;

Acts 17:26 · KJVHuman dwelling is described through appointed times and boundaries.

THE THREAD

The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

Psalm 16:5 · KJV

Psalm 16:5 uses ⁨מְנָתִי⁩ (menātî, “my portion”), from the same ⁨מנה⁩ (mānāh, to count or assign a portion) family commonly connected with Thimnathah. Here the portion is named as a place; in the Psalm it is the speaker’s inheritance and cup.

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