InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Jos C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24
Jos 19 V1 V3 V5 V7 V9 V11 V13 V15 V17 V19 V21 V23 V27 V29 V31 V33 V35 V37 V39 V41 V43 V45 V47 V49 V51
◄ ← YEHO (JOS) 19:25 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©
Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
Their land included the towns of Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
Their area had Helkath town and Hali town and Beten town and Achshaph town
Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph: The clan of Asher received land in the northwest area of Israel. These towns were in the southwest part of Asher’s land.Rasmussen p. 99. The town of Achshaph was mentioned in chapter 11:1. It was at the south edge of the plain of Acco, near the foot of Mount Carmel.Coleson p. 149.
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
Their land included the towns of Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph
Their area included Helkath and Hali and Beten and Achshaph
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וַיְהִ֖י גְּבוּלָ֑ם חֶלְקַ֥ת וַחֲלִ֖י וָבֶ֥טֶן וְאַכְשָֽׁף
and=he/it_was (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was border_of,their Helkath and,Hali and,Beten and,Acshaph )
The author is using the term border by association to mean the territory enclosed within borders. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [And their territory included the following cities: Helkath and Hali and Beten and Akshaph]
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.