5{
"verseID": "Judges.1.5",
"source": "וַֽ֠יִּמְצְאוּ אֶת־אֲדֹנִ֥י בֶ֙זֶק֙ בְּבֶ֔זֶק וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ בּ֑וֹ וַיַּכּ֕וּ אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י וְאֶת־הַפְּרִזִּֽי׃",
"text": "And *wayyimṣəʾû* *ʾet*-*ʾĂdōnî-bezeq* in *Bezeq* and *wayyillāḥămû* with him, and *wayyakkû* *ʾet*-the *Kənaʿănî* and *ʾet*-the *Pərizzî*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyimṣəʾû*": "consecutive imperfect, 3rd common plural - and they found",
"*ʾĂdōnî-bezeq*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Adoni-bezek (lord of Bezek)",
"*Bezeq*": "proper noun, place name - Bezek",
"*wayyillāḥămû*": "consecutive imperfect, niphal, 3rd common plural - and they fought",
"*wayyakkû*": "consecutive imperfect, hiphil, 3rd common plural - and they struck",
"*Kənaʿănî*": "gentilic noun, masculine singular - Canaanite",
"*Pərizzî*": "gentilic noun, masculine singular - Perizzite"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyimṣəʾû*": "found/discovered/encountered",
"*ʾĂdōnî-bezeq*": "Adoni-bezek/Lord of Bezek",
"*wayyillāḥămû*": "fought against/did battle with",
"*wayyakkû*": "struck/defeated/slew"
}
}
6{
"verseID": "Judges.1.6",
"source": "וַיָּ֙נָס֙ אֲדֹ֣נִי בֶ֔זֶק וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּ אַחֲרָ֑יו וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ וַֽיְקַצְּצ֔וּ אֶת־בְּהֹנ֥וֹת יָדָ֖יו וְרַגְלָֽיו׃",
"text": "And *wayyānās* *ʾĂdōnî-bezeq* and *wayyirdəpû* after him and *wayyōʾḥăzû* him and *wayəqaṣṣəṣû* *ʾet*-*bəhōnôt* his hands and his feet.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyānās*": "consecutive imperfect, qal, 3rd masculine singular - and he fled",
"*ʾĂdōnî-bezeq*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Adoni-bezek (lord of Bezek)",
"*wayyirdəpû*": "consecutive imperfect, qal, 3rd common plural - and they pursued",
"*wayyōʾḥăzû*": "consecutive imperfect, qal, 3rd common plural - and they seized",
"*wayəqaṣṣəṣû*": "consecutive imperfect, piel, 3rd common plural - and they cut off",
"*bəhōnôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - thumbs/big toes of"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyānās*": "fled/ran away/escaped",
"*wayyirdəpû*": "pursued/chased/followed after",
"*wayyōʾḥăzû*": "seized/caught/grasped",
"*wayəqaṣṣəṣû*": "cut off/amputated/severed",
"*bəhōnôt*": "thumbs and big toes/extremities"
}
}
7{
"verseID": "Judges.1.7",
"source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲדֹֽנִי־בֶ֗זֶק שִׁבְעִ֣ים ׀ מְלָכִ֡ים בְּֽהֹנוֹת֩ יְדֵיהֶ֨ם וְרַגְלֵיהֶ֜ם מְקֻצָּצִ֗ים הָי֤וּ מְלַקְּטִים֙ תַּ֣חַת שֻׁלְחָנִ֔י כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔יתִי כֵּ֥ן שִׁלַּם־לִ֖י אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיְבִיאֻ֥הוּ יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם וַיָּ֥מָת שָֽׁם׃",
"text": "And *wayyōʾmer* *ʾĂdōnî-bezeq*: *šibʿîm* *məlāḵîm* with *bəhōnôt* their hands and their feet *məquṣṣāṣîm* *hāyû* *məlaqqəṭîm* under *šulḥānî*, as *kaʾăšer* *ʿāśîtî*, so *šillam-lî* *ʾĕlōhîm*. And *wayəbîʾuhû* *Yərûšālaim* and *wayyāmāt* there.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "consecutive imperfect, qal, 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*ʾĂdōnî-bezeq*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Adoni-bezek (lord of Bezek)",
"*šibʿîm*": "cardinal number, common - seventy",
"*məlāḵîm*": "noun, masculine plural - kings",
"*bəhōnôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - thumbs/big toes of",
"*məquṣṣāṣîm*": "pual participle, masculine plural - being cut off",
"*hāyû*": "perfect, qal, 3rd common plural - they were",
"*məlaqqəṭîm*": "piel participle, masculine plural - gathering",
"*šulḥānî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st common singular suffix - my table",
"*kaʾăšer*": "conjunction + relative pronoun - as/just as",
"*ʿāśîtî*": "perfect, qal, 1st common singular - I did/have done",
"*šillam-lî*": "perfect, piel, 3rd masculine singular + preposition + 1st common singular suffix - he has repaid to me",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural (used as singular) - God",
"*wayəbîʾuhû*": "consecutive imperfect, hiphil, 3rd common plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and they brought him",
"*Yərûšālaim*": "proper noun, place name - Jerusalem",
"*wayyāmāt*": "consecutive imperfect, qal, 3rd masculine singular - and he died"
},
"variants": {
"*məquṣṣāṣîm*": "cut off/amputated/severed",
"*hāyû*": "were/had been/used to be",
"*məlaqqəṭîm*": "gathering/picking up/gleaning",
"*šillam-lî*": "repaid me/requited me/recompensed me",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/gods/divine being"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "Judges.1.8",
"source": "וַיִּלָּחֲמ֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יְהוּדָה֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַיִּלְכְּד֣וּ אוֹתָ֔הּ וַיַּכּ֖וּהָ לְפִי־חָ֑רֶב וְאֶת־הָעִ֖יר שִׁלְּח֥וּ בָאֵֽשׁ׃",
"text": "And *wayyillāḥămû* *bənê*-*Yəhûdâ* in *Yərûšālaim* and *wayyilkədû* it and *wayyakkûhā* to *pî*-*ḥāreb* and *ʾet*-the *hāʿîr* *šilləḥû* in the *bāʾēš*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyillāḥămû*": "consecutive imperfect, niphal, 3rd common plural - and they fought",
"*bənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - sons of/children of",
"*Yəhûdâ*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Judah",
"*Yərûšālaim*": "proper noun, place name - Jerusalem",
"*wayyilkədû*": "consecutive imperfect, qal, 3rd common plural - and they captured",
"*wayyakkûhā*": "consecutive imperfect, hiphil, 3rd common plural + 3rd feminine singular suffix - and they struck it",
"*pî*": "construct noun, masculine singular - mouth/edge of",
"*ḥāreb*": "noun, feminine singular - sword",
"*hāʿîr*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the city",
"*šilləḥû*": "perfect, piel, 3rd common plural - they set",
"*bāʾēš*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - with the fire"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyillāḥămû*": "fought against/attacked/made war on",
"*wayyilkədû*": "captured/seized/took",
"*wayyakkûhā*": "struck it/defeated it/conquered it",
"*pî-ḥāreb*": "edge of the sword/with the sword/by the sword",
"*šilləḥû*": "set/sent/put"
}
}
9{
"verseID": "Judges.1.9",
"source": "וְאַחַ֗ר יָֽרְדוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם בַּֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑י יוֹשֵׁ֣ב הָהָ֔ר וְהַנֶּ֖גֶב וְהַשְּׁפֵלָֽה׃",
"text": "And *wəʾaḥar* *yārədû* *bənê* *Yəhûdâ* *ləhillāḥēm* against the *Kənaʿănî* *yôšēb* the *hāhār* and the *neḡeb* and the *šəpēlâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*wəʾaḥar*": "conjunction + adverb - and afterward",
"*yārədû*": "perfect, qal, 3rd common plural - they went down",
"*bənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - sons of/children of",
"*Yəhûdâ*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Judah",
"*ləhillāḥēm*": "preposition + niphal infinitive construct - to fight",
"*Kənaʿănî*": "gentilic noun, masculine singular - Canaanite",
"*yôšēb*": "participle, qal, masculine singular - dwelling/inhabiting",
"*hāhār*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the hill country",
"*neḡeb*": "noun, masculine singular - the Negev/the south",
"*šəpēlâ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the lowland/foothills"
},
"variants": {
"*wəʾaḥar*": "afterward/later/subsequently",
"*yārədû*": "went down/descended/came down",
"*ləhillāḥēm*": "to fight/do battle/wage war",
"*yôšēb*": "dwelling in/inhabiting/living in",
"*hāhār*": "the hill country/the mountains/the highlands",
"*neḡeb*": "the Negev/the south/the southern region",
"*šəpēlâ*": "the lowland/the foothills/the plain"
}
}
10{
"verseID": "Judges.1.10",
"source": "וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֗ה אֶל־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ הַיּוֹשֵׁ֣ב בְּחֶבְר֔וֹן וְשֵׁם־חֶבְר֥וֹן לְפָנִ֖ים קִרְיַ֣ת אַרְבַּ֑ע וַיַּכּ֛וּ אֶת־שֵׁשַׁ֥י וְאֶת־אֲחִימַ֖ן וְאֶת־תַּלְמָֽי׃",
"text": "And *wayyēleḵ* *Yəhûdâ* against the *Kənaʿănî* the *hayyôšēb* in *Ḥebrôn* and the name of *Ḥebrôn* *ləpānîm* *Qiryat ʾArbaʿ*. And *wayyakkû* *ʾet*-*Šēšay* and *ʾet*-*ʾĂḥîman* and *ʾet*-*Talmay*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyēleḵ*": "consecutive imperfect, qal, 3rd masculine singular - and he went",
"*Yəhûdâ*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Judah",
"*Kənaʿănî*": "gentilic noun, masculine singular - Canaanite",
"*hayyôšēb*": "definite article + participle, qal, masculine singular - the one dwelling",
"*Ḥebrôn*": "proper noun, place name - Hebron",
"*ləpānîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - before/formerly",
"*Qiryat ʾArbaʿ*": "proper noun, place name - Kiriath-arba (city of Arba)",
"*wayyakkû*": "consecutive imperfect, hiphil, 3rd common plural - and they struck",
"*Šēšay*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Sheshai",
"*ʾĂḥîman*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Ahiman",
"*Talmay*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Talmai"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyēleḵ*": "went/marched/advanced",
"*hayyôšēb*": "dwelling in/inhabiting/living in",
"*ləpānîm*": "formerly/previously/beforetime",
"*wayyakkû*": "struck/defeated/killed"
}
}
11{
"verseID": "Judges.1.11",
"source": "וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ מִשָּׁ֔ם אֶל־יוֹשְׁבֵ֖י דְּבִ֑יר וְשֵׁם־דְּבִ֥יר לְפָנִ֖ים קִרְיַת־סֵֽפֶר׃",
"text": "And *wayyēleḵ* from there against *yôšəbê* *Dəbîr* and name of *Dəbîr* *ləpānîm* *Qiryat-sēper*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyēleḵ*": "consecutive imperfect, qal, 3rd masculine singular - and he went",
"*yôšəbê*": "participle, qal, masculine plural construct - inhabitants of",
"*Dəbîr*": "proper noun, place name - Debir",
"*ləpānîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - before/formerly",
"*Qiryat-sēper*": "proper noun, place name - Kiriath-sepher (city of book/scribes)"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyēleḵ*": "went/marched/advanced",
"*yôšəbê*": "inhabitants of/dwellers in/residents of",
"*ləpānîm*": "formerly/previously/beforetime",
"*Qiryat-sēper*": "City of Book/City of Writing/City of Scribes"
}
}