Judges 1:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ הָאִ֔ישׁ אֶ֖רֶץ הַחִתִּ֑ים וַיִּ֣בֶן עִ֗יר וַיִּקְרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ ל֔וּז ה֣וּא שְׁמָ֔הּ עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

And yēlek the ʾîš to ʾereṣ the ḥittîm and yiben ʿîr and yiqrāʾ šəmāh lûz hûʾ šəmāh until the yôm the zeh.

Grammar Details

*yēlek*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he went
*ʾîš*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the man
*ʾereṣ*: common noun, feminine singular construct - land of
*ḥittîm*: proper noun with definite article, Hittites
*yiben*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he built
*ʿîr*: common noun, feminine singular - a city
*yiqrāʾ*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he called
*šəmāh*: common noun, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - its name
*lûz*: proper noun, Luz
*hûʾ*: personal pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - it/that is
*yôm*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the day
*zeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this

Word Meanings

*ʾereṣ* *ḥittîm*: land of the Hittites
*yiqrāʾ* *šəmāh*: called its name/named it
*yôm* *zeh*: this day/to this day/until now

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 7:6 : 6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
2 Chr 1:17 : 17 And they fetched up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Gen 28:19
81%
19And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
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22And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el; and Jehovah was with them.
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Gen 35:6-7
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6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him.
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1And the lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el;
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Josh 18:13
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13And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Beth-el), southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether.
Gen 48:3
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Gen 12:8
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Gen 13:3
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Judg 18:29
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Gen 26:25
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Gen 31:47
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Judg 17:8
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Gen 19:22
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Judg 19:11
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Deut 6:10
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