Judges 4:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the sons of Hobab the brother-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְחֶ֤בֶר הַקֵּינִי֙ נִפְרָ֣ד מִקַּ֔יִן מִבְּנֵ֥י חֹבָ֖ב חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיֵּ֣ט אָהֳל֔וֹ עַד־אֵל֥וֹן *בצענים **בְּצַעֲנַנִּ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֶת־קֶֽדֶשׁ׃

Transliteration

And ḥeber haqqênî niprād mi-qayin mi-bənê ḥōbāb ḥōtēn mōšeh wa-yēṭ ʾohŏlô ʿad-ʾēlôn bəṣaʿănannîm ʾăšer ʾet-qedeš

Grammar Details

*wə-ḥeber*: conjunction + proper noun - and Heber
*haqqênî*: definite article + gentilic adjective - the Kenite
*niprād*: Niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - had separated himself
*mi-qayin*: preposition + proper noun - from Kain/Kenites
*mi-bənê*: preposition + construct plural noun - from sons of
*ḥōbāb*: proper noun - Hobab
*ḥōtēn*: construct noun - father-in-law of
*mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*wa-yēṭ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he pitched/set up
*ʾohŏlô*: noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his tent
*ʿad-ʾēlôn*: preposition + construct noun - unto the terebinth/oak of
*bəṣaʿănannîm*: proper noun with preposition - in Zaanannim
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*ʾet-qedeš*: preposition + proper noun - beside/near Kedesh

Word Meanings

*niprād*: had separated himself/had moved away
*wa-yēṭ*: he pitched/he set up/he spread
*ʾēlôn*: terebinth/oak/great tree
*ʾăšer ʾet-qedeš*: which is near Kedesh/which is by Kedesh

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Referenced Verses

Num 10:29 : 29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying unto the place of which Jehovah said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for Jehovah hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Josh 19:33 : 33 And their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adami-nekeb, {H5346} and Jabneel, unto Lakkum; and the goings out thereof were at the Jordan;
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.
Josh 19:37 : 37 and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
Exod 3:1 : 1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb.
Exod 18:1 : 1 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Jehovah had brought Israel out of Egypt.
Num 24:21 : 21 And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.
Judg 4:6 : 6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Has not Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded, [saying], Go and draw unto mountain Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun?
Exod 2:18 : 18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Judg 4:17-18
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17But Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
18And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And he turned in unto her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
Judg 1:16
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16And 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.
Judg 4:12-14
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76%
12And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mountain Tabor.
13And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Nations, unto the river Kishon.
14And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which Jehovah has delivered Sisera into your hand; is not Jehovah gone out before you? So Barak went down from mountain Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
Gen 15:19
72%
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Num 10:29-30
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71%
29And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying unto the place of which Jehovah said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for Jehovah hath spoken good concerning Israel.
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Num 21:11-12
2 verses
71%
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Judg 4:10
70%
10And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
Num 33:35-36
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1 Chr 2:55
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Judg 11:16
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1 Kgs 4:9-10
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Num 24:21-22
2 verses
68%
21And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.
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Judg 5:24
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Num 33:16-17
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Judg 4:5-6
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68%
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Judg 7:1
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Josh 11:1-3
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68%
1And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard thereof, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
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1 Chr 8:17
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Judg 6:33
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Exod 3:1
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Exod 19:2
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