Judges 2:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Jehovah to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַ֛עַן נַסּ֥וֹת בָּ֖ם אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הֲשֹׁמְרִ֣ים הֵם֩ אֶת־דֶּ֨רֶךְ יְהוָ֜ה לָלֶ֣כֶת בָּ֗ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר שָׁמְר֥וּ אֲבוֹתָ֖ם אִם־לֹֽא׃

Transliteration

For-purpose-of nassôt by-them ʾet-Yiśrāʾēl ?-šōmərîm they ʾet-dereḵ YHWH to-lāleḵet in-them as šāmərû ʾăḇôtām if-not

Grammar Details

• *nassôt*: piel infinitive construct - to test
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *šōmərîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - keeping
• *dereḵ*: feminine singular construct - way of
• *lāleḵet*: qal infinitive construct with preposition ל - to walk
• *šāmərû*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine plural - they kept
• *ʾăḇôtām*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their fathers

Word Meanings

• *nassôt*: to test/try/prove
• *šōmərîm*: keeping/observing/guarding
• *dereḵ*: way/path/road
• *lāleḵet*: to walk/follow/go
• *šāmərû*: they kept/observed/guarded
• *ʾăḇôtām*: their fathers/ancestors

Referenced Verses

• Deut 8:2 : 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not.
• Deut 8:16 : 16 who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end:
• Deut 13:3 : 3 you shall not listen unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether you love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
• Judg 3:1-4 : 1 Now these are the nations which Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, even as many [of Israel] as had not known all the wars of Canaan; 2 only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof: 3 [ namely], the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entrance of Hamath. 4 And they were [left], to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.
• 2 Chr 32:31 : 31 Howbeit in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
• Job 23:10 : 10 But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
• Ps 66:10 : 10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
• Prov 17:3 : 3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.
• Mal 3:2-3 : 2 But who can abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap: 3 and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah offerings in righteousness.
• Gen 22:1 : 1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.