Joshua 19:2 — Word Study
WLCוַיְהִ֥י לָהֶ֖ם בְּנַֽחֲלָתָ֑ם בְּאֵֽר־ שֶׁ֥בַע וְשֶׁ֖בַע וּמוֹלָדָֽה׃
BSAand includednachălâh BeershebaBᵉʼêr Shebaʻ [the well of the sevenfold oath] (or Sheba)shebaʻ MoladahMôwlâdâh [a town of birth or race]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֥י | and it belonged | Verb, Qal, sequential imperfect third person masculine singular |
| לָהֶ֖ם | to them | Preposition, suffix |
| בְּנַֽחֲלָתָ֑ם | inheritance their | Preposition, noun common feminine singular construct, suffix |
| בְּאֵֽר־ | Beer | Noun proper |
| שֶׁ֥בַע | Sheba | Noun proper |
| וְשֶׁ֖בַע | and Sheba | Conjunction, noun proper |
| וּמוֹלָדָֽה׃ | and Moladah | Conjunction, noun proper |
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| BSB | and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah, |
| KJV | And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, |
| ASV | And they had for their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, |
| YLT | and they have in their inheritance Beer-Sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah, |
| WEB | They had for their inheritance Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah, |
| BBE | And they had for their heritage Beer-sheba and Shema and Moladah |
Where they part company is בְּנַֽחֲלָתָ֑ם — see How Translations Differ.
The sentence is straightforward, focusing on the towns included in the inheritance.
8 commentators on this verse
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Deep Study — Joshua 19:2
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Context — The Inheritance of the Tribe of Simeongenerated
Joshua 19:2 details the towns that were part of the inheritance for the tribe of Simeon. This allocation occurs after the land has been divided among the tribes of Israel, with Simeon receiving land that is within the territory of Judah. The mention of specific locations like Beersheba and Moladah highlights the geographical and cultural significance of these places in Israel's history.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua 15:28 | Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah, |
| 2 | Genesis 21:31 | So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath. |
| 3 | 1 Chronicles 4:28–30 | They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual, |
| 4 | Nehemiah 11:26–30 | in Jeshua, Moladah, and Beth-pelet; |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 4 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — בְּנַֽחֲלָתָ֑ם, be.na.cha.la.Tamgenerated
The word נַחֲלָה (nachalah) refers to inheritance or possession, derived from a root meaning to inherit. It encompasses the idea of land or property passed down through generations, which is a key theme in the biblical narrative of the Israelites settling in Canaan.
In this verse, בְּנַֽחֲלָתָ֑ם indicates that the towns listed are part of what Simeon inherited as their share of the Promised Land. The parsing shows it is a feminine singular construct with a suffix, indicating possession — 'their inheritance.'
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
This study reads the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, so the BSB is the wording every comparison below is made against.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The main verb is וַיְהִ֥י, and it belonged, which governs the entire clause. The structure follows with a prepositional phrase indicating possession, followed by the noun phrases that specify the towns included in this inheritance.
The sentence is straightforward, with the verb leading and the details of the inheritance following, which emphasizes the towns that are part of the allocation.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The Septuagint translates וַיְהִ֥י as ἐγενήθη, which means 'it came to be.' This choice reflects a similar sense of existence or belonging, aligning with the Hebrew meaning of the verb.
Other terms like בְּנַֽחֲלָתָ֑ם correspond to αὐτῶν, indicating possession, which is consistent with the Hebrew's emphasis on inheritance.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Joshua 19:2 lists towns included in the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon, specifically naming Beersheba, also known as Sheba, and Moladah. These locations are significant in the context of the land distribution among the tribes of Israel.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
Beersheba, meaning 'well of the sevenfold oath,' is an important city in biblical history, often associated with the patriarchs and significant events.
Inheritance represents the passing down of land and property, which is crucial for understanding the identity and legacy of the tribes of Israel.
Moladah means 'birth' or 'race,' indicating its significance as a place of origin or lineage.
This verse is part of the allocation of land among the tribes of Israel, highlighting the fulfillment of God's promise to give them the land of Canaan.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- What does inheritance mean to me in the context of my family or community?
- How can understanding the significance of places like Beersheba and Moladah enhance my reading of the Bible?
- In what ways do I see the concept of inheritance reflected in my life?
- How can I apply the lessons of land distribution in Joshua to my understanding of God's promises?
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Joshua 19:2 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd they had in their inheritance Beersheba and Sheba,.... Or, Beersheba, that is, Sheba; for so the particle "vau" is sometimes used (z), and must be so used here; or otherwise, instead of thirteen,
Read John Gill on Joshua 19 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryAnd they had in their inheritance Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, Beer-sheba, and Sheba , [Septuagint, Samaa]. Keil, in reference to these towns, espouses the traditional view Beer-sheba, and Sheba , [Septuagint, Samaa].
Read Robert Jamieson on Joshua 19 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleBeer-sheba, Sheba, or, or Sheba, i.e. otherwise called; for that Beer-sheba and Sheba were one and the same city is manifest, both from , where all the cities are reckoned to be but thirteen; and from , where Simeon’ s cities are enumerated, and Sheba omitted as superfluous.
Read Matthew Poole on Joshua 19 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsJoshua 19:2 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, Joshua 19:3 And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem, Joshua 19:4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, Ver. 2-4, &c. These, though but bare names of places, should not be skipped over in our course of reading, as being a part of God’ s Holy Word: but to speak particularly of their signification or site, would be a work of more difficulty than use: and besides, it is but curiosity to search into those things whereof we can neither have proof nor profit.
Read John Trapp on Joshua 19 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersXIX. OF SIMEON (Joshua 19:1-9). (1) Their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.—The southern part of the inheritance of Judah was given up to Simeon. (See Judges 1:3; Judges 1:17.) In this fact a prophecy was fulfilled; for the effect of the allotment was to separate Simeon from the tribes with whom he had been united in the journey through the wilderness (viz., Reuben and Gad), who had cast off Simeon, and united themselves with the half tribe of Manasseh instead. Being also separated from Levi, Simeon was still further isolated: with the result that in the final separation of Israel and Judah, after Solomon’s death, the tribe of Simeon, though adhering to the…
Read Charles John Ellicott on Joshua 19 →AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 2. Beer-sheba] The well of the oath. See Clarke on Genesis 21:31.
Read AdamClarke on Joshua 19 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges2. And they had in their inheritance] First Group. 1. Beersheba, see note ch. Joshua 15:28; or Shema, so ch. Joshua 15:26 : comp. 1 Chronicles 4:28 with Genesis 26:33; Genesis 2. Moladah = el-Milh, see ch. Joshua 15:26, about four English miles from Tel Arad, eighteen from Hebron, and nine or ten due east of Beersheba;
Read Cambridge on Joshua 19 →Daniel Denison Whedon1808–1885Whedon's Commentary on the Bible2. Beer-sheba — See on Joshua 15:28. Sheba is probably a repetition of the copyist, otherwise there would be fourteen cities instead of thirteen, as stated in Joshua 19:6.As the cities of Simeon were
Read Daniel Denison Whedon on Joshua 19 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
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Modern formal
and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,
They had for their inheritance Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,
and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,
Their assigned land included Beer Sheba, Moladah,
Tyndale line
And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
And they had for their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
And they had for their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah;
And they had in their inheritance, Beer-sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah.
Nowe they had in their inheritance, Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
Strictly literal
And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
and they have in their inheritance Beer-Sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
and they have in their inheritance Beer-Sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
And they obtained in their inheritance Beer-sheba', [or] Sheba', and Moladah,
They had for their inheritance Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah,
From the Latin
In the midst of the possession of the children of Juda: Bersabee and Sabee and Molada,
Simplified
Their allocation included Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah,
And they had for their heritage Beer-sheba and Shema and Moladah
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text and the Septuagint show agreement in the main content of this verse, although the Septuagint's word order differs and only partially matches the Hebrew. Four out of the seven words correspond directly.
וַיְהִ֥י לָהֶ֖ם בְּנַֽחֲלָתָ֑ם בְּאֵֽר־ שֶׁ֥בַע וְשֶׁ֖בַע וּמוֹלָדָֽה׃
4 of the 7 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in Joshua 19:2
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Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
The Hebrew word הָיָה (hayah) is a primitive root meaning to exist or become, and it encompasses a range of meanings including to happen, occur, and come to pass. It is often used in narrative contexts, particularly in phrases like "and it came to pass." The word can also denote a state of being or existence, and it appears frequently in various forms throughout the Old Testament.
הָיָה 3570 vb. fall out, come to pass, become, be
Qal
Fall out, happen
occur, take place, come about, come to pass
esp. & very oft., come about, come to pass
וַיְהִי and it came to pass that, most often (c. 292 t.)
rarely also Pf. c. וְ conj. וְהָיָה
less oft. וְהָיָה Pf. consec. and it shall come to pass, or frequentat. came to pass (repeatedly, etc.)
Come into being, become
abs., in lively narrative, arise, appear, come
sq. prep.
become
sq. pred. noun (to be viewed as implicit accus.)
sq. pred. adj.
become like
sq. pred. לְ pers.
sq. לְ pred.
oft. c. לְ pred. לְ pers.
with עַל and לְ
sts. c. לְ pers. only = became the property of, come into the possession of
Be (often with subbordinate idea of becoming)
exist, be in existence
abide, remain, continue
with word of locality, be in or at a place, be situated, stand, lie
as copula, joining subj. & pred.
H1961 הָיָה fall out, come to pass, become, be .. . . Fall out, happen
. occur, take place, come about, come to pass
. esp. & very oft., come about, come to pass . . וַיְהִי and it came to pass that, most often (c. 292 t.)
. rarely also Pf. c. וְ conj. וְהָיָה
. less oft. וְהָיָה Pf. consec. and it shall come to pass, or frequentat. came to pass (repeatedly, etc.)
. Come into being, become . . abs., in lively narrative, arise, appear, come
. sq. prep.
. become . sq. pred. noun (to be viewed as implicit accus.)
. sq. pred. adj.
. become like
. sq. pred. + לְ pers.
. sq. לְ pred.
. oft. c. לְ pred. + לְ pers.
. with עַל and לְ
. sts. c. לְ pers. only = became the property of, come into the possession of
. Be (often with subbordinate idea of becoming) . exist, be in existence
. abide, remain, continue
1961 hayah haw-yaw
a primitive root (compare 1933); to exist, i.e. be or become,
come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or
auxiliary):--beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished,
committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint,
fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit
(one-)self, require, X use.
see HEBREW for 01933
הָיָה (ha.yah) — to be.
1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) ---
1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
1a1b) to come about, come to pass
1a2) to come into being, become
1a2a) to arise, appear, come
1a2b) to become
1a2b1) to become
1a2b2) to become like
1a2b3) to be instituted, be established
1a3) to be
1a3a) to exist, be in existence
1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
1a3d) to accompany, be with
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone
Hc/Vqw3ms — Verb · Qal · sequential imperfect third person masculine singularHc/Vqw3ms
הֶם (hem) — them.
Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person masculine plural
HRd/Sp3mp — Preposition · suffixHRd/Sp3mp
נַחֲלָה (nachalah) refers to concepts of possession and inheritance, encompassing property, shares, and heritage. It is derived from a root meaning to inherit and is used in the context of estates and heirlooms. The entries consistently highlight its relation to ownership and inheritance without significant disagreement among lexicons.
נַחֲלָה 224 n.f. possession, property, inheritance
property
portion, share
inheritance
base
H5159 נַחֲלָה possession, property, inheritance . property
. portion, share
. inheritance
5159 nachalah nakh-al-aw'
from 5157 (in its usual sense); properly, something
inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an
heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or
portion:--heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession.
Compare 5158.
see HEBREW for 05157
see HEBREW for 05158
נַחֲלָה (na.cha.lah) — inheritance.
1) possession, property, inheritance, heritage
1a) property
1b) portion, share
1c) inheritance, portion
Prep | N-fs | Suff — Preposition · noun common feminine singular construct · suffixHR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp
בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע (B'er Sheba) refers to Beersheba, a location in Palestine. The name means 'well of an oath,' derived from the roots for 'well' and 'oath.' It is noted as a city at the southern edge of Israel.
בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע n.pr.loc. Beersheba
base
H884 בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע Beersheba
884 B'er Sheba` be-ayr' sheh'-bah
from 875 and 7651 (in the sense of 7650); well of an oath;
Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine:--Beer-shebah.
see HEBREW for 0875
see HEBREW for 07651
see HEBREW for 07650
בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע (be.er she.va) — Beersheba.
§ Beer-sheba = "well of the sevenfold oath"
a city at the south edge of Israel
Adj — Noun properHNpl
be'-er (be'er; phrear; Latin puteus = "well"):
(1) A station on the march of the Israelites to the North of the Arnon (Nu 21:16). Here it was that they sang round the well this song: `Spring up O well; greet it with song, Well, that the princes have dug, The nobles of the people have bored, With the scepter--with their staves' (Nu 21:16 ff). The place is not identified.
(2) The town to which Jotham fled from his brother Abimelech after declaring his parable from Mt. Gerizim (Jud 9:21). This may be identical with BEEROTH, which see.
Beer
Well. (1.) A place where a well was dug by the direction of Moses, at the forty-fourth station of the Hebrews in their wanderings (Num. 21:16-18) in the wilderness of Moab. (See WELL.)
(2.) A town in the tribe of Judah to which Jotham fled for fear of Abimelech (Judg. 9:21). Some have identified this place with Beeroth.
(a well). One of the latest halting-places of the Israelites, lying beyond the Arnon. (Numbers 21:16-18) This is possibly the BEER-ELIM of (Isaiah 15:8) A place to which Jotham, the son of Gideon, fled for fear of his brother Abimelech. (Judges 9:21)
A well,
1. A station of the Hebrews in Moab, where God gave them water, Nu 21:16-18; Isa 15:8.
2. A town in Judah, according to Eusebius and Jerome a few miles west of Jerusalem, near Beth-shemesh. Jotham took refuge there from his brother Abimelech, Jud 9:21.
בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע (B'er Sheba) refers to Beersheba, a location in Palestine. The name means 'well of an oath,' derived from the roots for 'well' and 'oath.' It is noted as a city at the southern edge of Israel.
בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע n.pr.loc. Beersheba
base
H884 בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע Beersheba
884 B'er Sheba` be-ayr' sheh'-bah
from 875 and 7651 (in the sense of 7650); well of an oath;
Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine:--Beer-shebah.
see HEBREW for 0875
see HEBREW for 07651
see HEBREW for 07650
בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע (be.er she.va) — Beersheba.
§ Beer-sheba = "well of the sevenfold oath"
a city at the south edge of Israel
HNpl — Noun properHNpl
Sheba
An oath, seven. (1.) Heb. shebha, the son of Raamah (Gen. 10:7), whose descendants settled with those of Dedan on the Persian Gulf.
(2.) Heb. id. A son of Joktan (Gen. 10:28), probably the founder of the Sabeans.
(3.) Heb. id. A son of Jokshan, who was a son of Abraham by Keturah (Gen. 25:3).
(4.) Heb. id. A kingdom in Arabia Felix. Sheba, in fact, was Saba in Southern Arabia, the Sabaeans of classical geography, who carried on the trade in spices with the other peoples of the ancient world. They were Semites, speaking one of the two main dialects of Himyaritic or South Arabic. Sheba had become a monarchy before the days of Solomon. Its queen brought him gold, spices, and precious stones (
one of the towns of the allotment of Simeon, (Joshua 19:2) probably the same as Shema. (Joshua 15:26)
1. Son of Raamah, Ge 10:7. His posterity is supposed to have settled near the head of the Persian Gulf. See CUSH and RAAMAH.
2. Son of Joktan, of the race of Shem, Ge 10:28. See SABEANS 2.
3. Son of Jokshan, and grandson of Abraham by Keturah, Ge 25:3. He is supposed to have settled in Arabia Deserta.
4. A turbulent Benjamite, who after the death of Absalom made a fruitless effort to excite a rebellion in Israel against David. Being pursued, and besieged in Abel-beth-maachah, near the southern part of Lebanon, he was beheaded by the people of the city, 2Sa 20:1-26.
captivity; old man; repose; oath
שֶׁ֫בַע (sheva`) means 'seven' and refers to several entities, including a town in Simeon and individuals from the tribes of Benjamin and Gad. The name is associated with a man named Sheba, who led a rebellion against David (2 Samuel 20:1). The entries highlight its use as a personal name and a geographical location, but do not indicate any significant disagreement among lexicons.
ref
H7652a שֶׁ֫בַע . in Benj.
. in Gad
H7652b שֶׁבַע in Simeon
7652 sheba` sheh'-bah
the same as 7651; seven; Sheba, the name of a place in
Palestine, and of two Israelites:--Sheba.
see HEBREW for 07651
שֶׁ֫בַע (she.va) — Sheba.
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.20.1;
son of: Bichri (H1075)
§ Sheba = "seven"
1) Benjamite, son of Bichri and one who led a rebellion against David
2) Gadite, brother of Michael, Meshullam, Jorai, Jachan, Zia, and Heber
שֶׁבַע (she.va) — Sheba.
Sheba = "seven"
a town in Simeon
Another name of be.er she.va (בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע "Beersheba" H0884)
שֶׁ֫בַע (she.va) — Sheba.
A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.5.13;
son of: Abihail (H0032I);
brother of: Michael (H4317H), Meshullam (H4918I), Jorai (H3140), Jacan (H3275), Zia (H2127) and Eber (H5677H)
§ Sheba = "seven"
a town in Simeon
Conj | Adj — Conjunction · noun properHC/Npl
Sheba
An oath, seven. (1.) Heb. shebha, the son of Raamah (Gen. 10:7), whose descendants settled with those of Dedan on the Persian Gulf.
(2.) Heb. id. A son of Joktan (Gen. 10:28), probably the founder of the Sabeans.
(3.) Heb. id. A son of Jokshan, who was a son of Abraham by Keturah (Gen. 25:3).
(4.) Heb. id. A kingdom in Arabia Felix. Sheba, in fact, was Saba in Southern Arabia, the Sabaeans of classical geography, who carried on the trade in spices with the other peoples of the ancient world. They were Semites, speaking one of the two main dialects of Himyaritic or South Arabic. Sheba had become a monarchy before the days of Solomon. Its queen brought him gold, spices, and precious stones (
one of the towns of the allotment of Simeon, (Joshua 19:2) probably the same as Shema. (Joshua 15:26)
1. Son of Raamah, Ge 10:7. His posterity is supposed to have settled near the head of the Persian Gulf. See CUSH and RAAMAH.
2. Son of Joktan, of the race of Shem, Ge 10:28. See SABEANS 2.
3. Son of Jokshan, and grandson of Abraham by Keturah, Ge 25:3. He is supposed to have settled in Arabia Deserta.
4. A turbulent Benjamite, who after the death of Absalom made a fruitless effort to excite a rebellion in Israel against David. Being pursued, and besieged in Abel-beth-maachah, near the southern part of Lebanon, he was beheaded by the people of the city, 2Sa 20:1-26.
captivity; old man; repose; oath
מוֹלָדָה (Mowladah) refers to a place in Palestine, specifically a town in the territory of Simeon. The word is derived from the root meaning 'birth' and can also denote 'race.' It appears in the context of geographical locations in the Old Testament.
מוֹלָדָה, מֹלָדָה n.pr.loc. town in Simeon
base
H4137 מוֹלָדָה, מֹלָדָה
4137 Mowladah mo-law-daw'
from 3205; birth; Moladah, a place in Palestine:--Moladah.
see HEBREW for 03205
מוֹלָדָה (mo.la.dah) — Moladah.
§ Moladah = "birth" or "race"
a town in the south of Canaan allocated to Judah then reallocated to Simeon
Conj | N-proper — Conjunction · noun properHC/Npl
mol'-a-da, mo-la'-da (moladhah; Molada): A place in the far south (Negebh) of Judah, toward Edom (Jos 15:26), reckoned to Simeon (Jos 19:2; 1Ch 4:28). It was repopulated after the captivity (Ne 11:26). It is mentioned always in close proximity to Beersheba. Moladah is probably identical with Malatha, a city in Idumea to which Agrippa at one time withdrew himself (Josephus, Ant, XVIII, vi, 2). The site of this latter city has by Robinson and others been considered to be the ruins and wells of Tell el-Milch, some 13 miles to the East of Beersheba and some 7 miles Southwest of Arad. The chief difficulty is the statement of Eusebius and Jerome that Malatha was "by Jattir,"…
Moladah
Birth, a city in the south of Judah which fell to Simeon (Josh. 15:21-26; 19:2). It has been identified with the modern el-Milh, 10 miles east of Beersheba.
(birth, race), a city of Judah, one of those which lay in the district of "the south." (Joshua 15:26; 19:2) In the latter tribe it remained at any rate till the reign of David, (1 Chronicles 4:28) but by the time of the captivity it seems to have come back into the hands of Judah, by whom it was reinhabited after the captivity. (Nehemiah 11:26) It may be placed at el-Milh , which is about 4 English miles from Tell Arad , 17 or 18 from Hebron, and 9 or 10 due east of Beersheba.
birth; generation