Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 428 [e] אֵ֣לֶּה êl-leh These Pro-cp 1992 [e] הֵ֞ם hêm were Pro-3mp 1121 [e] בְּנֵ֤י bə-nê the sons N-mpc 3458 [e] יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ yiš-mā-‘êl of Ishmael N-proper-ms 428 [e] וְאֵ֣לֶּה wə-’êl-leh and these [were] Conj-w | Pro-cp 8034 [e] שְׁמֹתָ֔ם šə-mō-ṯām, their names N-mpc | 3mp 2691 [e] בְּחַצְרֵיהֶ֖ם bə-ḥaṣ-rê-hem by their towns Prep-b | N-cpc | 3mp 2918 [e] וּבְטִֽירֹתָ֑ם ū-ḇə-ṭî-rō-ṯām; and their settlements Conj-w, Prep-b | N-fpc | 3mp 8147 [e] שְׁנֵים־ šə-nêm- two Number-md 6240 [e] עָשָׂ֥ר ‘ā-śār [and] ten Number-ms 5387 [e] נְשִׂיאִ֖ם nə-śî-’im princes N-mp 523 [e] לְאֻמֹּתָֽם׃ lə-’um-mō-ṯām. according to their tribes Prep-l | N-fpc | 3mp

New American Standard Bible
These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages, and by their camps; twelve princes according to their tribes.

King James Bible
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
These are Ishmael's sons, and these are their names by their villages and encampments: 12 leaders of their clans.

castles.
The word tiroth, rendered 'castles,' is supposed by some to denote here 'towers,' fortified rocks, or mountain-tops, and fastnesses of various kinds in woods and hilly countries; but it rather means, 'shepherds' cots,' surrounded by sufficient enclosures to prevent the cattle from straying, as the cognate Syriac word teyaro, and Arabic tawar, signify 'a sheep-fold.'

twelve.

Genesis 17:20,23 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: Behold, I have blessed him, …

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