Judges 3:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רַ֗ק לְמַ֙עַן֙ דַּ֚עַת דֹּר֣וֹת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְלַמְּדָ֖ם מִלְחָמָ֑ה רַ֥ק אֲשֶׁר־לְפָנִ֖ים לֹ֥א יְדָעֽוּם׃

Transliteration

Only for lĕmaʿan daʿat dôrôt bĕnê-yiśrāʾēl, to lĕlammĕdām milḥāmāh; only ʾăšer-before not yĕdāʿûm.

Grammar Details

*raq*: adverb - only/just
*lĕmaʿan*: preposition + noun - for the sake of/so that
*daʿat*: infinitive construct - knowing/knowledge of
*dôrôt*: noun, masculine plural construct - generations of
*bĕnê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons/children of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*lĕlammĕdām*: preposition + piel infinitive construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to teach them
*milḥāmāh*: noun, feminine singular - war/battle
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which
*lĕpānîm*: preposition + noun, masculine plural - before/formerly
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yĕdāʿûm*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - they knew them

Word Meanings

*lĕmaʿan*: for the purpose of/in order that
*daʿat*: knowledge/knowing/experience
*lĕlammĕdām*: to teach them/to train them
*lĕpānîm*: before/previously/formerly

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Referenced Verses

Gen 2:17 : 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Gen 3:5 : 5 for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.
Gen 3:7 : 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig -leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
2 Chr 12:8 : 8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
Matt 10:34-39 : 34 Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35 For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law: 36 and a man's foes [shall be] they of his own household. 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. 39 He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
John 16:33 : 33 These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
1 Cor 9:26-27 : 26 I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air: 27 but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, {G4458} after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
Eph 6:11-18 : 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world - rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [hosts] of wickedness in the heavenly [places]. 13 Wherefore {G5124} take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 withal {G3956} taking up the shield of faith, wherewith {G3739} ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil [one]. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 with all prayer {G1722} {G2540} {G3956} and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching {G846} thereunto {G5124} in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
1 Tim 6:12 : 12 Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto {G1519} thou wast {G2532} called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
2 Tim 2:3 : 3 {G4771} {G3767} Suffer hardship with [me], as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
2 Tim 4:7 : 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:

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Judg 3:1
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