Judges 11:33

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he smote them from Aroer until thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto Abel-cheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּכֵּ֡ם מֵעֲרוֹעֵר֩ וְעַד־בּוֹאֲךָ֨ מִנִּ֜ית עֶשְׂרִ֣ים עִ֗יר וְעַד֙ אָבֵ֣ל כְּרָמִ֔ים מַכָּ֖ה גְּדוֹלָ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד וַיִּכָּֽנְעוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

And-wayyakkēm from-ʿărôʿēr and-until-bôʾăkā minnît twenty ʿîr and-until ʾābēl kĕrāmîm makkâ gĕdôlâ very and-wayyikkānĕʿû bĕnê ʿammôn from-pĕnê bĕnê yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*wayyakkēm*: waw-consecutive + Hiphil imperfect 3ms + 3mp suffix - and he struck them
*ʿărôʿēr*: proper noun - Aroer
*bôʾăkā*: Qal infinitive construct + 2ms suffix - your coming/arrival
*minnît*: proper noun - Minnith
*ʿîr*: noun, feminine singular - city
*ʾābēl*: proper noun - Abel
*kĕrāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - vineyards
*makkâ*: noun, feminine singular - strike/blow/defeat
*gĕdôlâ*: adjective, feminine singular - great/large
*wayyikkānĕʿû*: waw-consecutive + Niphal imperfect 3mp - and they were subdued
*bĕnê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
*ʿammôn*: proper noun - Ammon
*pĕnê*: noun, masculine plural construct - faces of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

*wayyakkēm*: he struck them/he defeated them/he smote them
*bôʾăkā*: your coming to/until you come to/as far as
*makkâ gĕdôlâ mĕʾōd*: very great blow/severe slaughter/devastating defeat
*wayyikkānĕʿû*: they were subdued/they were humbled/they were brought down
*mipĕnê*: from before/from the face of/because of

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 27:17 : 17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy traffickers: they traded for thy merchandise wheat of Minnith, and pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
Deut 2:36 : 36 From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and [from] the city that is in the valley, even unto Gilead, there was not a city too high for us; Jehovah our God delivered up all before us:

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28Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
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30And Jephthah vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,
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