Judges 3:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said unto them, Follow after me; for Jehovah hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and suffered not a man to pass over.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ רִדְפ֣וּ אַחֲרַ֔י כִּֽי־נָתַ֨ן יְהוָ֧ה אֶת־אֹיְבֵיכֶ֛ם אֶת־מוֹאָ֖ב בְּיֶדְכֶ֑ם וַיֵּרְד֣וּ אַחֲרָ֗יו וַֽיִּלְכְּד֞וּ אֶת־מַעְבְּר֤וֹת הַיַּרְדֵּן֙ לְמוֹאָ֔ב וְלֹֽא־נָתְנ֥וּ אִ֖ישׁ לַעֲבֹֽר׃

Transliteration

And-wayyōʾmer unto-them ridĕfû after-me for-nātan YHWH ʾet-ʾōyĕbêkem ʾet-môʾāb in-hand-your and-wayyērdû after-him and-wayyilkĕdû ʾet-maʿbĕrôt the-yardēn to-môʾāb and-not-nātĕnû ʾîš to-cross.

Grammar Details

*wa*: conjunction + consecutive - and
*yōʾmer*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said
*ʾălēhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them
*ridĕfû*: qal imperative, masculine plural - pursue
*ʾaḥăray*: preposition + 1st common singular suffix - after me
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*nātan*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has given
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʾōyĕbêkem*: qal participle, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your enemies
*môʾāb*: proper noun - Moab
*bĕ-yedkem*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - into your hand
*wa-yērdû*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they went down
*ʾaḥărāyw*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - after him
*wa-yilkĕdû*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they captured
*maʿbĕrôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - fords of
*ha-yardēn*: definite proper noun - the Jordan
*lĕ-môʾāb*: preposition + proper noun - to Moab
*wĕ-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*nātĕnû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they allowed
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
*la-ʿăbōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to cross

Word Meanings

*wayyōʾmer*: and he said/commanded
*ridĕfû aḥăray*: pursue after me/follow me
*nātan*: given/delivered/handed over
*wayyērdû*: and they went down/descended
*wayyilkĕdû*: and they seized/captured/took
*maʿbĕrôt*: fords/crossings/passages
*nātĕnû*: allowed/permitted/let

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Referenced Verses

Judg 12:5 : 5 And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And it was so, that, when [any of] the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
Josh 2:7 : 7 And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
Judg 7:9 : 9 And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said unto him, Arise, get thee down into the camp; for I have delivered it into thy hand.
Judg 7:15 : 15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped; and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
1 Sam 17:47 : 47 and that all this assembly may know that Jehovah saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is Jehovah's, and he will give you into our hand.
Judg 7:24 : 24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill-country of Ephraim, saying, Come down against Midian, and take before them the waters, as far as Beth-barah, even the Jordan. So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and took the waters as far as Beth-barah, even the Jordan.
Judg 7:17 : 17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.
Judg 4:10 : 10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

2 Kgs 3:24
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24And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land smiting the Moabites.
Judg 3:27
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27And 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.
Judg 3:29-30
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29And they smote of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valor; and there escaped not a man.
30So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
2 Kgs 3:18
76%
18And this is but a light thing in the sight of Jehovah: he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
Judg 8:4
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4And Gideon came to the Jordan, [and] passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
Num 32:21
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21and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before Jehovah, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
Deut 2:29
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29as the children of Esau that dwell in Seir, and the Moabites that dwell in Ar, did unto me; until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Jehovah our God giveth us.
Judg 7:9
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9And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said unto him, Arise, get thee down into the camp; for I have delivered it into thy hand.
Josh 11:7-8
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7So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon them.
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Josh 2:10
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10For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
2 Kgs 3:21
73%
21Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.
Judg 11:18
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Judg 11:32
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48And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
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Josh 24:8
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2 Kgs 3:26
73%
26And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto the king of Edom; but they could not.
Josh 5:1
73%
1And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, that were by the sea, heard how that Jehovah had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
Josh 4:12-13
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73%
12And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half - tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:
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Deut 3:18
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18And I commanded you at that time, saying, Jehovah your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the men of valor.
Deut 3:2-3
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Josh 4:1
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Josh 4:23
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23For Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were passed over;
Josh 1:11
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Judg 12:5
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5And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And it was so, that, when [any of] the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
Josh 10:19
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19but stay not ye; pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for Jehovah your God hath delivered them into your hand.
2 Kgs 3:8
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8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.
Num 22:1
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Josh 1:14
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14Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall abide in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but ye shall pass over before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them;
Deut 2:18
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18Thou art this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:
Judg 7:11
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Num 32:27
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Josh 3:11
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11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into the Jordan.
Josh 3:1
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Deut 2:36
72%
36From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and [from] the city that is in the valley, even unto Gilead, there was not a city too high for us; Jehovah our God delivered up all before us:
Num 26:3
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1 Chr 12:15
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Deut 31:3
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Josh 24:11
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Josh 10:8
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8And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thy hands; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.