Judges 13:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

There was a certain man from Zorah, from the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren and had no children.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִי֩ אִ֨ישׁ אֶחָ֧ד מִצָּרְעָ֛ה מִמִּשְׁפַּ֥חַת הַדָּנִ֖י וּשְׁמ֣וֹ מָנ֑וֹחַ וְאִשְׁתּ֥וֹ עֲקָרָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א יָלָֽדָה׃

Transliteration

And wə- yəhî ʾîš ʾeḥād from miṣṣārəʿâ from mimmišpaḥat the dānî and û-šəmô mānôaḥ, and wə-ʾištô ʿăqārâ and wə-lōʾ yālādâ.

Grammar Details

• *wə-yəhî*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and there was
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
• *ʾeḥād*: adjective, masculine singular - one/a certain
• *miṣṣārəʿâ*: preposition min + proper noun - from Zorah
• *mimmišpaḥat*: preposition min + construct noun, feminine singular - from family/clan of
• *dānî*: definite article + gentilic adjective, masculine singular - the Danite
• *û-šəmô*: waw conjunction + noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his name
• *mānôaḥ*: proper noun - Manoah
• *wə-ʾištô*: waw conjunction + noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his wife
• *ʿăqārâ*: adjective, feminine singular - barren
• *wə-lōʾ*: waw conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *yālādâ*: Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she had given birth

Word Meanings

• *ʾîš ʾeḥād*: one man/a certain man
• *mimmišpaḥat*: from family of/from clan of/from tribe of
• *ʿăqārâ*: barren/infertile/childless
• *yālādâ*: had given birth/had borne children

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But there was a man at Zarga, of one of ye kynreds of the Danites, named Manoah, and his wife was vnfrutefull & bare him no children.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then there was a man in Zorah of the familie of the Danites, named Manoah, whose wife was baren, and bare not.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And there was a man in Zaraah of the kinred of Dan, named Manoah, whose wife was barren, and bare not.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] barren, and bare not.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and didn't bear.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And there is a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danite, and his name `is' Manoah, his wife `is' barren, and hath not borne;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child.

• World English Bible (2000)

  There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and didn't bear.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 19:41 : 41 The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
• Josh 15:33 : 33 In the lowland: Eshtaol, Zorah, and Ashnah.
• Luke 1:7 : 7 But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.
• 1 Sam 1:2-6 : 2 He had two wives. The name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other was Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3 Year after year, this man would go up from his city to worship and to offer sacrifices to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, served as priests of the LORD. 4 On the day Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters. 5 But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, though the LORD had closed her womb. 6 Her rival provoked her severely to irritate her because the LORD had closed her womb.
• Gen 16:1 : 1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not borne him any children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar.
• Gen 25:21 : 21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife because she was barren. The LORD answered his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.