Verse 28

{ "verseID": "Judges.1.28", "source": "וֽ͏ַיְהִי֙ כִּֽי־חָזַ֣ק יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י לָמַ֑ס וְהוֹרֵ֖ישׁ לֹ֥א הוֹרִישֽׁוֹ׃", "text": "And *yəhî* when *ḥāzaq* *yiśrāʾēl* and *yāśem* the *kənaʿănî* to *mas* and *hôrēš* not *hôrîšô*.", "grammar": { "*yəhî*": "qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and it happened", "*ḥāzaq*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he became strong", "*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun, Israel", "*yāśem*": "qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he put/made", "*kənaʿănî*": "proper noun with definite article, Canaanite", "*mas*": "common noun, masculine singular - forced labor/tribute", "*hôrēš*": "hiphil infinitive absolute - driving out/dispossessing", "*hôrîšô*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - he dispossessed him" }, "variants": { "*yəhî*": "it happened/came to pass", "*ḥāzaq*": "became strong/powerful/mighty", "*yāśem*": "put/placed/subjected to", "*mas*": "forced labor/tribute/corvée", "*hôrēš* not *hôrîšô*": "driving out did not drive them out (emphatic construction)" } }

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