2 Samuel 24:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and round about to Sidon,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ הַגִּלְעָ֔דָה וְאֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ תַּחְתִּ֖ים חָדְשִׁ֑י וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ דָּ֣נָה יַּ֔עַן וְסָבִ֖יב אֶל־צִידֽוֹן

Transliteration

And yāḇō'û to hagilə'āḏāh and to 'ereṣ taḥtîm ḥāḏəšî and yāḇō'û dānāh ya'an and around to ṣîḏôn

Grammar Details

*yāḇō'û*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive - they came
*hagilə'āḏāh*: definite noun with directional he - to Gilead
*'ereṣ taḥtîm ḥāḏəšî*: construct noun + proper noun - land of Tahtim Hodshi
*dānāh ya'an*: proper noun with directional he + proper noun - to Dan Jaan
*ṣîḏôn*: proper noun - Sidon

Word Meanings

*yāḇō'û*: they came/entered/arrived
*taḥtîm ḥāḏəšî*: Tahtim Hodshi (possibly 'lower land recently acquired')

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Referenced Verses

Josh 19:28 : 28 and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Sidon;
Josh 19:47 : 47 And the border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
Judg 1:31 : 31 Asher drove not out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;
Judg 18:28-29 : 28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built the city, and dwelt therein. 29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
Gen 10:15 : 15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth,
Gen 31:21 : 21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
Gen 31:47-48 : 47 And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. 48 And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:
Num 32:1 : 1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
Num 32:39 : 39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein.
Josh 11:8 : 8 And Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them unto great Sidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.

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