Judges 2:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the people were true to the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the responsible men who were still living after the death of Joshua, and had seen all the great work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּעַבְד֤וּ הָעָם֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֣י יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ וְכֹ֣ל ׀ יְמֵ֣י הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶאֱרִ֤יכוּ יָמִים֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוֹשׁ֔וּעַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר רָא֗וּ אֵ֣ת כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ הַגָּד֔וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

And-wayyaʿaḇəḏû the-ʿām ʾet-YHWH all yəmê Yəhôšuaʿ and-all yəmê the-zəqēnîm who heʾĕrîḵû yāmîm after Yəhôšuaʿ who rāʾû ʾēt all-maʿăśēh YHWH the-gāḏôl which ʿāśāh for-Yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

• *wayyaʿaḇəḏû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they served
• *ʿām*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the people
• *yəmê*: masculine plural construct - days of
• *Yəhôšuaʿ*: proper noun - Joshua
• *zəqēnîm*: masculine plural adjective with definite article - the elders
• *heʾĕrîḵû*: hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine plural - they prolonged/extended
• *yāmîm*: masculine plural noun - days
• *rāʾû*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine plural - they saw
• *maʿăśēh*: masculine singular construct - work/deed of
• *gāḏôl*: masculine singular adjective with definite article - the great
• *ʿāśāh*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he did/made

Word Meanings

• *wayyaʿaḇəḏû*: they served/worshipped
• *ʿām*: people/nation
• *yəmê*: days/lifetime of
• *zəqēnîm*: elders/old men
• *heʾĕrîḵû*: they prolonged/extended/outlived
• *yāmîm*: days/lifetime
• *rāʾû*: they saw/witnessed/observed
• *maʿăśēh*: work/deed/action
• *gāḏôl*: great/mighty/significant
• *ʿāśāh*: he did/made/performed

Referenced Verses

• Josh 24:31 : 31 And Israel was true to the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the older men who were still living after Joshua's death, and had seen what the Lord had done for Israel.
• 2 Kgs 12:2 : 2 Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because he was guided by the teaching of Jehoiada the priest.
• 2 Chr 24:2 : 2 And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as long as Jehoiada the priest was living.
• 2 Chr 24:14-22 : 14 And when the work was done, they took the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and it was used for making the vessels for the house of the Lord, all the vessels needed for the offerings, the spoons and the vessels of gold and silver. And as long as Jehoiada was living, the regular burned offerings were offered in the house of the Lord. 15 But Jehoiada became old and full of days, and he came to his end; he was a hundred and thirty years old at the time of his death. 16 And they put him into his last resting-place in the town of David, among the kings, because he had done good in Israel for God and for his house. 17 Now after the death of Jehoiada, the chiefs of Judah came and went down on their faces before the king. Then the king gave ear to them. 18 And they gave up the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and became worshippers of pillars of wood and of the images; and because of this sin of theirs, wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem. 19 And the Lord sent them prophets to make them come back to him; and they gave witness against them, but they would not give ear. 20 Then the spirit of God came on Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, and, getting up before the people, he said to them, God has said, Why do you go against the orders of the Lord, so that everything goes badly for you? because you have given up the Lord, he has given you up. 21 But when they had made a secret design against him, he was stoned with stones, by the king's order, in the outer square of the Lord's house. 22 So King Joash did not keep in mind how good Jehoiada his father had been to him, but put his son to death. And in the hour of his death he said, May the Lord see it and take payment!
• Phil 2:12 : 12 So then, my loved ones, as you have at all times done what I say, not only when I am present, but now much more when I am not with you, give yourselves to working out your salvation with fear in your hearts;