New American Standard Bible 1995

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From the tribe of Gad, they gave Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
From the tribe a staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe Noun H4294 וּמִמַּטֵּה־ u·mim·mat·teh-
of Gad, a son of Jacob, also his tribe and its territory, also a prophet Noun H1410 גָ֗ד gad
Analysis:
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[they gave] Ramoth "heights," the name of several cities in Isr. H7216    
in Gilead, a region in Pal., also the name of several Isr. Noun H1568 בַּגִּלְעָ֖ד bag·gil·'ad
Analysis:
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the city city, town Noun H5892 עִיר֙ ir
of refuge refuge, asylum Noun H4733 מִקְלַ֣ט mik·lat
for the manslayer, to murder, slay Verb H7523 הָרֹצֵ֔חַ ha·ro·tze·ach,
with its pasture a common, common land, open land Noun H4054 מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ mig·ra·she·ha;
lands a common, common land, open land Noun H4054 מִגְרָשֶֽׁהָ׃ mig·ra·she·ha.
and Mahanaim "two camps," a place E. of the Jordan Noun H4266 מַחֲנַ֖יִם ma·cha·na·yim
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with its pasture lands, a common, common land, open land Noun H4054    

Locations

Gilead

GILEAD (1)gil'-e-ad (ha-gil`adh, "the Gilead"): The name is explained in Genesis 31:46, 51, as derived from Hebrew gal, "a cairn," and `edh, "witness," agreeing in meaning with the Aramaic yegharsahadhutha'. The Arabic jilead means "rough," "rugged."(1) A city named in Hosea 6:8; Hosea 12:11, possibly to be identified with Gilead near to Mizpah (Judges 10:17... View Details

Mahanaim

MAHANAIMma-ha-na'-im (machanayim; the Greek is different in every case where the name occurs, Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus also giving variant forms; the dual form may be taken as having arisen from an old locative ending, as, e.g. yerushala(y)im from an original yerushalem. In Genesis 32:21 machaneh is evidently a parallel form and should be rende... View Details

People

Gad

Gad, a tribe of Isr.

Gad

|fortune,| a Bab. god.

Gad

a son of Jacob, also his tribe and its territory, also a prophet

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New American Standard Bible 1995 From the tribe of Gad, they gave Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
King James Bible From And out of the tribe of Gad, they gave Ramoth in Gilead, the Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands slayer; and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,her suburbs,
Hebrew Greek English From the tribe of Gad, they gave Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,