Judges 3:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֶּאֱסֹ֣ף אֵלָ֔יו אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י עַמּ֖וֹן וַעֲמָלֵ֑ק וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ וַיַּךְ֙ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיִּֽירְשׁ֖וּ אֶת־עִ֥יר הַתְּמָרִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-wayeʾĕsōf unto-him ʾet-bĕnê ʿammôn and-ʿămālēq and-wayyēlek and-wayyak ʾet-yiśrāʾēl and-wayyîrĕšû ʾet-city-of the-tĕmārîm.

Grammar Details

*wa*: conjunction + consecutive - and
*yeʾĕsōf*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he gathered
*ʾēlāyw*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*bĕnê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons/children of
*ʿammôn*: proper noun - Ammon
*wa-ʿămālēq*: conjunction + proper noun - and Amalek
*wa-yēlek*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he went
*wa-yak*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he struck
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*wa-yîrĕšû*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they possessed
*ʿîr*: noun, feminine singular construct - city of
*ha-tĕmārîm*: definite noun, masculine plural - the palm trees

Word Meanings

*wayeʾĕsōf*: and he gathered/assembled/collected
*wayyēlek*: and he went/walked/proceeded
*wayyak*: and he struck/defeated/attacked
*wayyîrĕšû*: and they took possession of/occupied/dispossessed
*ʿîr ha-tĕmārîm*: City of Palm Trees (Jericho)

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Referenced Verses

Judg 1:16 : 16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people.
Deut 34:3 : 3 and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar.
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.
Ps 83:6-7 : 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:

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