1 Samuel 30:29

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

to those in Racal, in the towns of the Jerahmeelites, and in the towns of the Kenites;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלַאֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּרָכָ֗ל וְלַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י הַיְּרַחְמְאֵלִ֔י וְלַאֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעָרֵ֥י הַקֵּינִֽי

Transliteration

And to those wəlaʾăšer in bərāḵāl and to those wəlaʾăšer in cities of bəʿārê the hayərəḥməʾēlî and to those wəlaʾăšer in cities of bəʿārê the haqqênî

Grammar Details

• *wəlaʾăšer*: conjunction + preposition + relative pronoun - and to those who/that
• *bərāḵāl*: preposition + proper noun - in Racal
• *bəʿārê*: preposition + noun feminine plural construct - in cities of
• *hayərəḥməʾēlî*: definite article + gentilic adjective masculine singular - the Jerahmeelites
• *haqqênî*: definite article + gentilic adjective masculine singular - the Kenites

Word Meanings

• *bərāḵāl*: in Racal
• *bəʿārê hayərəḥməʾēlî*: in the cities of the Jerahmeelites
• *bəʿārê haqqênî*: in the cities of the Kenites

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And to them who were in Rachal, and to them who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them who were in the cities of the Kenites,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and to them that were in Racal, and to them that were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them that were in the cities of the Kenites,

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  vnto them at Rachal, vnto them in the cities of the Ierahmielites, vnto them in the cities of the Kenites,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And to them of Rachal, and to them of the cities of the Ierahmeelites, and to them of the cities of the Kenites,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  To them of Rachal, to them of the cities of Ierahmeel, to them of the cities of the Kenites,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And to [them] which [were] in Rachal, and to [them] which [were] in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to [them] which [were] in the cities of the Kenites,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and to those in Rachal, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and to them that were in Racal, and to them that were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them that were in the cities of the Kenites,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and to them that were in Racal, and to them that were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them that were in the cities of the Kenites,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  and Carmel and in the towns of the Jerahmeelites, and in the towns of the Kenites;

• World English Bible (2000)

  and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  and Racal; for those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;

Referenced Verses

• Judg 1:16 : 16 The descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the City of Palms to the wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went and lived among the people there.
• 1 Sam 27:10 : 10 When Achish asked, "Where did you raid today?" David replied, "Against the Negev of Judah, against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites, and against the Negev of the Kenites."
• 1 Sam 15:6 : 6 Saul said to the Kenites, 'Go, depart, leave the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you along with them. For you showed kindness to the Israelites when they came out of Egypt.' So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
• 1 Sam 23:19 : 19 The Ziphites went to Saul at Gibeah and said, 'Isn't David hiding among us in the strongholds in the woods, on the hill of Hachilah, south of Jeshimon?'