Judges 1:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוּדָה֩ לְשִׁמְע֨וֹן אָחִ֜יו עֲלֵ֧ה אִתִּ֣י בְגוֹרָלִ֗י וְנִֽלָּחֲמָה֙ בַּֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י וְהָלַכְתִּ֧י גַם־אֲנִ֛י אִתְּךָ֖ בְּגוֹרָלֶ֑ךָ וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ אִתּ֖וֹ שִׁמְעֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer Yəhûdâ to Šimʿôn ʾāḥîw: ʿălēh with me in bəgôrālî and wənillāḥămâ against the Kənaʿănî, and wəhālaktî also I with you in bəgôrāleḵā. And wayyēleḵ with him Šimʿôn.

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*Yəhûdâ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Judah
*Šimʿôn*: proper noun, masculine singular - Simeon
*ʾāḥîw*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his brother
*ʿălēh*: imperative, masculine singular - go up/ascend
*bəgôrālî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 1st common singular suffix - in my lot/inheritance/territory
*wənillāḥămâ*: conjunction + niphal imperfect cohortative, 1st common plural - and let us fight
*Kənaʿănî*: gentilic noun, masculine singular - Canaanite
*wəhālaktî*: conjunction + qal perfect, 1st common singular - and I will go
*bəgôrāleḵā*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - in your lot/inheritance/territory
*wayyēleḵ*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he went

Word Meanings

*ʿălēh*: go up/ascend/come up
*bəgôrālî*: in my lot/portion/inheritance/territory
*wənillāḥămâ*: let us fight/do battle with
*wəhālaktî*: I will go/walk/proceed

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Judg 1:17 : 17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they smote the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
2 Sam 10:11 : 11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
Gen 29:33 : 33 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and said, Because Jehovah hath heard that I am hated, he hath therefore given me this [son] also: and she called his name Simeon.
Josh 19:1 : 1 And the second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel asked of Jehovah, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?
2And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
Judg 1:4
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4And Judah went up; and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
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1And the second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah.
Josh 19:9
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9Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
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9And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites that dwelt in the hill-country, and in the South, and in the lowland.
Judg 1:17
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17And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they smote the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
Gen 43:8
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8And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
1 Chr 2:1
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1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
Josh 10:4
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4Come up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
1 Chr 12:25
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25Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
Deut 27:12
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12These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are passed over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.
Josh 18:11
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11And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
Judg 20:9
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9But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: [we will go up] against it by lot;
Josh 21:9
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9And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are [here] mentioned by name:
Judg 20:18
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18And the children of Israel arose, and went up to {H1004} Beth-el, and asked counsel of God; and they said, Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin? And Jehovah said, Judah [shall go up] first.
Deut 33:7
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7And this is [the blessing] of Judah: and he said, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of Judah, And bring him in unto his people. With his hands he contended for himself; And thou shalt be a help against his adversaries.
Gen 34:30
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30And 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.
1 Chr 6:65
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65And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.