Joshua 13:18

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

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1 first appearance in the Hebrew Bible

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וּקְדֵמֹ֖ת

Qᵉdêmôwth

H6932

“and · Kedemoth”

Conjunction + Noun, Proper

Appears 4× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Deuteronomy 2:26

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H6923

TWOT: None

Kedemoth = "eastern" - one of the towns in the district east of the Dead Sea allotted to the tribe of Reuben and given to the Merarite Levites

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

3: words
3: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is וּקְדֵמֹ֖ת Kedemoth H6932 — appearing just 4 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

First appearance in Scripture

This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:

וּמֵפָֽעַת Mephaath H4158

Shared distinctive vocabulary

וּקְדֵמֹ֖ת Kedemoth H6932 occurs in 4 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

3 nouns

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 6 words from the Hebrew and 6 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the same length.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Joshua 13:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Numbers 21:23 Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz; and he fought against Israel.
Joshua 21:36–37 Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs,
1 Chronicles 6:78–79 and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, [were given them], out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs,

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Joshua 13:18 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְיַ֥הְצָה וּקְדֵמֹ֖ת וּמֵפָֽעַת

and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Joshua 13:18 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ιασσα καί κεδημωθ καί μεφααθ

and Basan, and Bakedmoth, and Maephaad,

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)

וְיָהֲצָה וּקְדֵמוֹת וּמֵפָעַת:

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Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Joshua 13:18 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Jos 13:18 And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

Ver. 18. The cities and coasts of each tribe are thus particularly set down, to prevent discord and division, that mother of dissolution.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 18. Jahaza] A city near Medeba and Dibon. It was given to the Levites, 1Ch 6:78.

Kedemoth] Mentioned De 2:26; supposed to have been situated beyond the river Arnon.

Mephaath] Situated on the frontiers of Moab, on the eastern part of the desert. It was given to the Levites, Jos 21:37.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

18. and Jahazah] Also called Jahaz and Jahaza and Jahzah, in the Hebrew Yahats and Yahtsah. Here the decisive battle was fought between the Israelites and Sihon king of the Amorites (Num_21:23).

and Kedemoth] Given to the Merarite Levites (Jos_21:37).

Mephaath] Lying in the district of the Mishor (see Jer_48:21).

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And Kirjathaim,.... Of which See Gill on Num 32:37,

and Sibmah; of which See Gill on Num 32:3 and See Gill on Num 32:38,

and Zarethshahar, in the mount of the valley; which was built on one of the mountains that looked over the valley of Moab, as did Nebo, Pisgah, Abarim; perhaps it is the same place Josephus (k) calls Zara, to which he joins the valley of the Cilicians, and mentions it along with Heshbon, Medeba, and other cities of Moab; according to Adrichomius (l), it was in the mount of the valley of Bethpeor, which next follows.

(k) Antiqu. l. 13. c. 15. sect. 4. (l) Ut supra, (Theatrum Ter. Sanct.) p. 130.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Mephaath, near the desert, where the Romans afterwards kept a garrison. It was given to the Levites, but was seized by the Moabites after the reign of David. (Calmet)

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

18. Jahaza — Written also Jahaz. It was the place of the decisive battle of the Israelites with Sihon, (Num_21:23,) and seems to have been on the confines of the desert, to the southeast of Heshbon, but its site has not been discovered, Kedemoth was also a city of this eastern desert, but as this region has not yet been explored its exact situation is not known. Mephaath is always mentioned in connexion with the two cities previously named, but, like them, is unknown. In the time of Eusebius it was the station of a Roman garrison to cheek the wandering Arabs of the desert.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Joshua, in the Historical, opens this verse with 3 words (3 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Qᵉdêmôwth (“Kedemoth”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “Kedemoth” (Qᵉdêmôwth) contribute to the verse as a whole?
This is the first place “Mephaath” appears in Scripture (first appears here). What does its debut here establish?
How does Deuteronomy 2:26, which shares the word «Kedemoth», read alongside this verse?
The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Adam Clarke's Commentary read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
These translations choose different wording for 2 words in this verse.
3 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 3 words in this verse.