Judges 10:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And after Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the hill-country of Ephraim.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּקָם֩ אַחֲרֵ֨י אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ לְהוֹשִׁ֣יעַ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל תּוֹלָ֧ע בֶּן־פּוּאָ֛ה בֶּן־דּוֹד֖וֹ אִ֣ישׁ יִשָּׂשכָ֑ר וְהֽוּא־יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּשָׁמִ֖יר בְּהַ֥ר אֶפְרָֽיִם

Transliteration

wə-yāqām after ʾăḇîmeleḵ lə-hôšîaʿ ʾeṯ-yiśrāʾēl tôlāʿ ben-pûʾāh ben-dôḏô ʾîš yiśśāśḵār wə-hûʾ-yōšēḇ in-šāmîr in-har ʾep̄rāyim

Grammar Details

*wə-yāqām*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and arose/stood up
*ʾăḇîmeleḵ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Abimelech
*lə-hôšîaʿ*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to save/deliver
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Israel
*tôlāʿ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Tola
*ben*: construct noun, masculine singular - son of
*pûʾāh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Puah
*dôḏô*: proper noun, masculine singular - Dodo
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular construct - man of
*yiśśāśḵār*: proper noun, masculine singular - Issachar
*wə-hûʾ*: conjunction + 3ms pronoun - and he
*yōšēḇ*: qal participle, masculine singular - dwelling/living
*šāmîr*: proper noun - Shamir
*har*: noun, masculine singular construct - mountain/hill of
*ʾep̄rāyim*: proper noun - Ephraim

Word Meanings

*wə-yāqām*: arose/stood up/appeared
*lə-hôšîaʿ*: to save/deliver/rescue
*ʾîš*: man/person/inhabitant of
*yōšēḇ*: dwelling/sitting/residing

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Judg 2:16 : 16 And Jehovah raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those that despoiled them.
Judg 3:9 : 9 And when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised up a saviour to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
Josh 15:48 : 48 And in the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

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