Joshua 15:24

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

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Highlights

3 first appearances in the Hebrew Bible

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וָטֶ֖לֶם

Ṭelem

H2928

“and · Telem”

Conjunction + Noun, Proper

Appears 2× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears here

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from an unused root meaning to break up or treat violently

TWOT: None

Telem = "oppression" - a gatekeeper among the returning exiles in the time of Ezra (noun proper masculine) - one of the cities in the extreme south of Judah in the Negeb (noun proper locative)

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 וָטֶ֖לֶם Telem H2928 — appearing just 2 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

First appearance in Scripture

These words make their first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:

זִ֥יף Ziph H2128
וָטֶ֖לֶם Telem H2928
וּבְעָלֽוֹת Baalath H1175

Shared distinctive vocabulary

וָטֶ֖לֶם Telem H2928 occurs in 2 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Ezra 10:24

Grammatical profile

3 nouns

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 5 words from the Hebrew and 5 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 15:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

1 Samuel 23:14 David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn't deliver him into his hand.
1 Samuel 23:19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doesn't David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
1 Samuel 23:24 They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.
1 Samuel 15:4 Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
Psalms 54:1 Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Joshua 15:24 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

זִ֥יף וָטֶ֖לֶם וּבְעָלֽוֹת

Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

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Greek LXX Joshua 15:24 Septuagint · lemma form

καί μαιναμ καί βαλμαιναν καί ὁ κώμη αὐτός

and Balmaenan, and their villages,

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)

זִיף וָטֶלֶם וּבְעָלוֹת:

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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 15:24 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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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 24. Ziph] There were two cities of this name in the tribe of Judah, that mentioned here, and another Jos 15:55. One of these two is noted for the refuge of David when persecuted by Saul; and the attempts made by its inhabitants to deliver him into the hands of his persecutor. See 1Sa 23:14-24.

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

24. Ziph] (b) With this town commences a second group of five cities:—

(1) Ziph, not identified; (2) Telem, not identified—not to be confounded with Telaim, where Saul collected and numbered his forces before his attack on Amalek (1Sa_15:4); (3) Bealoth = Bealoth-beer, on the road towards Hebron; (4) Hazor-hadattah = “New Hazor;” (5) Kerioth-Hezron, which is Hazor; the names are to be joined together, like Kirjath-arba and Kirjath-jearim.

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 Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor. According to the Targum, two cities only are here meant, which reads, "and Hazorhadattah, and Keriothhezron, which is Hazor"; and this reading seems to be right; there were three Hazors in this tribe, one in Jos 15:23, and two more here, which are distinguished; the first is called Hazorhadattah, or new Hazor; of which Jerom says (e), there is a village at this day called Asor, in the borders of Ashkelon, to the east of it, which fell to the lot of the tribe of Judah; the Scripture makes mention of it, calling: it new Asor, to distinguish it from the old; and Keriothhezron is the same with Hezron, Jos 15:3; and had also the name of Hezron. From this place Judas Iscariot is thought to have his name, being Ishceriot, a man of Keriot.

(e) De. loc. Heb. fol. 88. B.

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

The Pulpit Commentary

Telem. This is identified by Knobel with the Telaim mentioned in 1Sa_15:4. Conder, in his "Handbook," supports this view, but nothing more is known of the place.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — 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 Ṭelem (“Telem”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word Ṭelem carries the sense “Telem.” How does it shape the verse?
3 words here appear for the first time in Scripture. What is being introduced at this debut?
Ezra 10:24 shares the word «Telem» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
Reading how Adam Clarke's Commentary and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

3 words make their first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
3 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 3 words in this verse.