1 Samuel 30:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and to them that were in Racal, and to them that were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them that were in the cities of the Kenites,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלַאֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּרָכָ֗ל וְלַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י הַיְּרַחְמְאֵלִ֔י וְלַאֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעָרֵ֥י הַקֵּינִֽי

Transliteration

And to those wəlaʾăšer in bərāḵāl and to those wəlaʾăšer in cities of bəʿārê the hayərəḥməʾēlî and to those wəlaʾăšer in cities of bəʿārê the haqqênî

Grammar Details

*wəlaʾăšer*: conjunction + preposition + relative pronoun - and to those who/that
*bərāḵāl*: preposition + proper noun - in Racal
*bəʿārê*: preposition + noun feminine plural construct - in cities of
*hayərəḥməʾēlî*: definite article + gentilic adjective masculine singular - the Jerahmeelites
*haqqênî*: definite article + gentilic adjective masculine singular - the Kenites

Word Meanings

*bərāḵāl*: in Racal
*bəʿārê hayərəḥməʾēlî*: in the cities of the Jerahmeelites
*bəʿārê haqqênî*: in the cities of the Kenites

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Referenced Verses

Judg 1:16 : 16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people.
1 Sam 27:10 : 10 And Achish said, Against whom have ye made a raid to-day? And David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.
1 Sam 15:6 : 6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
1 Sam 23:19 : 19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?

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