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OET (OET-LV) And_Shaˊₐrayim and_Adithaim and_(the)_Gədērāh and_Gederothaim cities four- teen and_villages_of_their.
OET (OET-RV) Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (also called Gederothaim)—a total of fourteen cities as well as their surrounding villages.
This section describes the boundaries of the tribe of Judah and lists the towns that are within those boundaries.
Here are some other possible section headings:
The boundaries of Judah
The land of the tribe of Judah
This paragraph is a list of the towns in the western foothills that were given to the tribe of Judah.
Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim)—
Shaaraim, Adithaim. Gederah, and Gederothaim.
Shaaraim Town and Adithaim Town and Gederah Town and Gederothaim Town.
Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim): There are two ways to interpret the names Gederah and Gederothaim.
These names refer to two different places. For example:
Gederah and Gederothaim (GW) (GW, ESV, NASB, RSV, NABRE, NJPS, GNT, NLT, CEV, KJV)
These names refer to one place that has two different names. For example, the NIV says:
Gederah (or Gederothaim) (BSB, NIV, NET, NCV)
It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1). This agrees with the Hebrew text and is followed by most English versions.15:36 If Gederah and Gederothaim are two names for the same place, then the list in this paragraph comes to a total of fourteen towns.
fourteen cities, along with their villages.
In all there were fourteen towns, and there were villages that surrounded them.
The number of these towns was fourteen (14), with the villages that were near them.
fourteen cities, along with their villages: The list of town names in verses 15:33–36 adds up to fifteen towns. It is not clear why the author says fourteen. It is possible that one of the towns was a small settlement that did not have villages attached to it. It is recommended that you translate this as fourteen.
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
In all there were fourteen towns together with the villages that surrounded them
The number of towns was fourteen, and there were villages that were near them
15:1-63 Judah’s tribal allotment is described in greater detail than that of the other tribes. The failures of Judah’s elder brothers (Gen 34:25-31; 35:22) put him in line to receive the mantle of leadership. Thus, the tribe of Judah received a central geographical position among the tribes, guaranteeing its leadership in the nation (Gen 49:8-12; Deut 33:7).
OET (OET-LV) And_Shaˊₐrayim and_Adithaim and_(the)_Gədērāh and_Gederothaim cities four- teen and_villages_of_their.
OET (OET-RV) Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (also called Gederothaim)—a total of fourteen cities as well as their surrounding villages.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.