וּלְבָאֹ֥ות וְשִׁלְחִ֖ים וְעַ֣יִן וְרִמֹּ֑ון כָּל־עָרִ֛ים עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וָתֵ֖שַׁע וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ ס
And Levaʾot, and Shilḥim, and ʿAyin, and Rimmon. All the cities were twenty-nine, with their villages.
Morphology
- וּלְבָאֹ֥ות (u-Ləvaʾot) – Root: באה (baʾah); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Ləvaʾot”; Notes: Name of a city.
- וְשִׁלְחִ֖ים (ve-Shilḥim) – Root: שלח (shalaḥ); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Shilḥim”; Notes: Name of a city.
- וְעַ֣יִן (ve-ʿAyin) – Root: עין (ʿayin); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “ʿAyin”; Notes: Name of a city, meaning “spring” or “fountain.”
- וְרִמֹּ֑ון (ve-Rimmon) – Root: רמון (rimmon); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Rimmon”; Notes: Name of a city, meaning “pomegranate.”
- כָּל־עָרִ֛ים (kol-ʿarim) – Root: עיר (ʿir); Form: Noun, feminine plural construct; Translation: “all the cities”; Notes: Refers to the total number of settlements.
- עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וָתֵ֖שַׁע (ʿesrim va-teshaʿ) – Root: עשר (ʿeser) & תשע (teshaʿ); Form: Numerals; Translation: “twenty-nine”; Notes: Specifies the number of cities.
- וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ (ve-ḥaṣreihen) – Root: חצר (ḥaṣar); Form: Noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person feminine plural suffix; Translation: “with their villages”; Notes: Indicates associated smaller settlements.