Judges 12:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֛מָת עַבְדּ֥וֹן בֶּן־הִלֵּ֖ל הַפִּרְעָתוֹנִ֑י וַיִּקָּבֵ֤ר בְּפִרְעָתוֹן֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ אֶפְרַ֔יִם בְּהַ֖ר הָעֲמָלֵקִֽי

Transliteration

And wayyāmāṯ ʿaḇdôn son-of-hillēl happirʿāṯônî and wayyiqqāḇēr in-bəp̄irʿāṯôn in-bəʾereṣ ʾep̄rayim in-bəhar hāʿămālēqî

Grammar Details

*wayyāmāṯ*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he died
*ʿaḇdôn*: proper noun - Abdon
*hillēl*: proper noun - Hillel
*happirʿāṯônî*: definite article + gentilic adjective - the Pirathonite
*wayyiqqāḇēr*: waw-consecutive + Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he was buried
*bəp̄irʿāṯôn*: preposition + proper noun - in Pirathon
*bəʾereṣ*: preposition + feminine singular construct - in land of
*ʾep̄rayim*: proper noun - Ephraim
*bəhar*: preposition + masculine singular construct - in mountain/hill country of
*hāʿămālēqî*: definite article + gentilic adjective - the Amalekite

Word Meanings

*wayyiqqāḇēr*: was buried/was interred
*bəhar hāʿămālēqî*: in the hill country of the Amalekites (area in Ephraim formerly inhabited by Amalekites)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Judg 5:14 : 14 Out of Ephraim [came down] they whose root is in Amalek; After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples; Out of Machir came down governors, And out of Zebulun they that handle the marshal's staff.
1 Sam 15:7 : 7 And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.
2 Sam 23:30 : 30 Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash.
Gen 14:7 : 7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.
Exod 17:8 : 8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
Judg 3:13 : 13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and smote Israel, and they possessed the city of palm-trees.
Judg 3:27 : 27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill-country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill-country, and he before them.

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