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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 more towns that were given to the tribe of Judah.
from Ekron to the sea, all the cities near Ashdod, along with their villages;
From Ekron westward to the Mediterranean Sea, all the towns that were near Ashdod and their villages belonged to Judah.
They received the villages near Ashdod Town, which was between Ekron Town and the Mediterranean Sea.
from Ekron to the sea, all the cities near Ashdod: The phrase from Ekron to the sea refers to the area between the town of Ekron and the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
Ashdod: The town of Ashdod was one of the five most important towns of the Philistines. Ashdod was on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It was the largest town between Ekron and the Mediterranean Sea.
along with their villages: The phrase their villages refers to the villages that were near these towns.
Here is another way to translate this part of the verse:
This included all the cities with their villages between Ekron and the Mediterranean Sea and alongside Ashdod (GW)
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
עַל־יַ֥ד אַשְׁדּ֖וֹד
on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in side_of ʼAshdōd
The author is using the term hand by association to mean near or close by. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [were nearby Ashdod]
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.