English: Unwalled towns; the Targum renders “in their open places,” for they are open, from the language of opening.
On the daf / in context: The twelve sons become twelve tribal chiefs dwelling in open settlements and fortified camps, fulfilling the earlier promise of twelve princes.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Rashi) — not a formal named middah of the 13: “chatzerim” is fixed as unwalled settlements.
What Is Learned
The twelve sons of Yishmael became twelve tribal chiefs in their open villages and encampments, as had been promised concerning him.