Judges 3:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט הָאָ֖רֶץ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּ֖מָת עָתְנִיאֵ֥ל בֶּן־קְנַֽז׃ פ

Transliteration

And-wattišqōṭ the-hāʾāreṣ forty šānāh and-wayyāmot ʿotnîʾēl son-of-qĕnaz.

Grammar Details

*wa*: conjunction + consecutive - and
*tišqōṭ*: qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - she/it was quiet
*hā-ʾāreṣ*: definite noun, feminine singular - the land
*ʾarbāʿîm*: numeral - forty
*šānāh*: noun, feminine singular - year
*wa-yāmot*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he died
*ʿotnîʾēl*: proper noun - Othniel
*ben*: noun, masculine singular construct - son of
*qĕnaz*: proper noun - Kenaz
*p*: paragraph marker

Word Meanings

*wattišqōṭ*: and it had rest/was peaceful/was quiet
*hāʾāreṣ*: the land/earth/territory
*wayyāmot*: and he died/passed away

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Judg 3:30 : 30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
Judg 5:31 : 31 So let all thine enemies perish, O Jehovah: But let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
Judg 8:28 : 28 So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
Josh 11:23 : 23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Jehovah spake unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.
Esth 9:22 : 22 as the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
Josh 15:17 : 17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
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.
1 Chr 4:13 : 13 And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath.

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