Nehemiah 9:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ הַבָּנִים֙ וַיִּֽירְשׁ֣וּ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וַתַּכְנַ֨ע לִפְנֵיהֶ֜ם אֶת־יֹשְׁבֵ֤י הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ הַכְּנַ֣עֲנִ֔ים וַֽתִּתְּנֵ֖ם בְּיָדָ֑ם וְאֶת־מַלְכֵיהֶם֙ וְאֶת־עַֽמְמֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת בָּהֶ֖ם כִּרְצוֹנָֽם׃

Transliteration

*wayyābōʾû habbānîm wayyîrəšû ʾet-hāʾāreṣ wattaḵnaʿ lipnêhem ʾet-yōšəbê hāʾāreṣ hakkənaʿănîm wattittənēm bəyādām wə-ʾet-malḵêhem wə-ʾet-ʿammê hāʾāreṣ laʿăśôt bāhem kirṣônām

Grammar Details

*wayyābōʾû*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3mp - and they came
*habbānîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the children/sons
*wayyîrəšû*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3mp - and they possessed
*ʾet-hāʾāreṣ*: direct object marker + definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land
*wattaḵnaʿ*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect, 2ms - and you subdued
*lipnêhem*: preposition + noun, masculine plural + 3mp suffix - before them
*ʾet-yōšəbê*: direct object marker + qal participle, masculine plural construct - the inhabitants of
*hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land
*hakkənaʿănîm*: definite article + proper noun, masculine plural - the Canaanites
*wattittənēm*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 2ms + 3mp suffix - and you gave them
*bəyādām*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3mp suffix - into their hand
*wə-ʾet-malḵêhem*: conjunction + direct object marker + noun, masculine plural + 3mp suffix - and their kings
*wə-ʾet-ʿammê*: conjunction + direct object marker + noun, masculine plural construct - and the peoples of
*laʿăśôt*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to do
*bāhem*: preposition + 3mp suffix - with them
*kirṣônām*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3mp suffix - according to their pleasure

Word Meanings

*wayyîrəšû*: possessed/inherited/took possession of
*wattaḵnaʿ*: subdued/humbled/brought down
*yōšəbê hāʾāreṣ*: inhabitants of the land/residents of the country
*wattittənēm bəyādām*: gave them into their hand/delivered them into their power
*laʿăśôt bāhem kirṣônām*: to do with them according to their pleasure/to treat them as they wished

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Referenced Verses

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.
Josh 18:1 : 1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there: and the land was subdued before them.
Josh 21:43 : 43 So Jehovah gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
Ps 44:2-3 : 2 Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; But them thou didst spread abroad. 3 For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them.
2 Tim 2:26 : 26 and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will.
Num 14:31 : 31 But your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected.
Josh 21:45 : 45 There failed not aught of any good thing which Jehovah had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
1 Chr 22:18 : 18 Is not Jehovah your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before Jehovah, and before his people.

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