Genesis 35:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they journeyed: and a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּסָּ֑עוּ וַיְהִ֣י ׀ חִתַּ֣ת אֱלֹהִ֗ים עַל־הֶֽעָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ סְבִיבֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם וְלֹ֣א רָֽדְפ֔וּ אַחֲרֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב׃

Transliteration

And wayyissāʿû and wayȇhî ḥittat ʾĕlōhîm upon heʿārîm ʾăšer sȇbîbōtêhem and wȇlōʾ rādȇfû after bȇnê yaʿăqōb.

Grammar Details

• *wayyissāʿû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd common plural - and they journeyed
• *wayȇhî*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and there was
• *ḥittat*: construct feminine singular noun - terror of
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - God
• *heʿārîm*: article + feminine plural noun - the cities
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - which/that
• *sȇbîbōtêhem*: feminine plural noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their surroundings
• *wȇlōʾ*: waw consecutive + negative particle - and not
• *rādȇfû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they pursued
• *bȇnê*: masculine plural construct noun - sons of
• *yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob

Word Meanings

• *wayyissāʿû*: and they journeyed/and they set out/and they departed
• *ḥittat ʾĕlōhîm*: terror of God/divine terror/dread from God
• *sȇbîbōtêhem*: their surroundings/around them/their vicinity
• *rādȇfû*: they pursued/they chased/they followed

Referenced Verses

• Exod 23:27 : 27 I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
• Josh 5:1 : 1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, that were by the sea, heard how that Jehovah had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
• 2 Chr 17:10 : 10 And the fear of Jehovah fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
• Ps 14:5 : 5 There were they in great fear; For God is in the generation of the righteous.
• Gen 34:30 : 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
• Exod 15:15-16 : 15 Then were the chiefs of Edom dismayed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them: All the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away. 16 Terror and dread falleth upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, O Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased.
• Exod 34:24 : 24 For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou goest up to appear before Jehovah thy God three times in the year.
• Deut 11:25 : 25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: Jehovah your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath spoken unto you.
• Josh 2:9-9 : 9 and she said unto the men, I know that Jehovah hath given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. 10 For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 11 And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Jehovah your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
• 1 Sam 11:7 : 7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the dread of Jehovah fell on the people, and they came out as one man.
• 1 Sam 14:15 : 15 And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled; and the earth quaked: so there was an exceeding great trembling.
• 2 Chr 14:14 : 14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of Jehovah came upon them: and they despoiled all the cities; for there was much spoil in them.