Judges 1:34

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill-country; for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּלְחֲצוּ הָאֱמֹרִי אֶת־בְּנֵי־דָן הָהָרָה כִּי־לֹא נְתָנוֹ לָרֶדֶת לָעֵמֶק

Transliteration

And wayyilḥăṣû the ʾĕmōrî ʾet-bənê-ḏān to the hāhārâ because-lōʾ nətānô lāreḏet to the ʿēmeq

Grammar Details

*wayyilḥăṣû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they pressed/forced
*ʾĕmōrî*: proper noun with definite article - the Amorite(s)
*ʾet*-*bənê*-*ḏān*: direct object marker + noun construct + proper noun - the sons/children of Dan
*hāhārâ*: definite article + noun + directional he - to the hill country/mountain
*kî*-*lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - because not
*nətānô*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - he gave him/allowed him
*lāreḏet*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to go down
*ʿēmeq*: noun with definite article - the valley/plain

Word Meanings

*wayyilḥăṣû*: pressed/forced/oppressed/pushed
*hāhārâ*: to the hill country/to the mountain
*nətānô*: gave/allowed/permitted

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Referenced Verses

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 18:1 : 1 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day [their] inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

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