2 {
"verseID": "Judges.3.2",
"source": "רַ֗ק לְמַ֙עַן֙ דַּ֚עַת דֹּר֣וֹת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְלַמְּדָ֖ם מִלְחָמָ֑ה רַ֥ק אֲשֶׁר־לְפָנִ֖ים לֹ֥א יְדָעֽוּם׃",
"text": "Only for *lĕmaʿan* *daʿat* *dôrôt* *bĕnê*-*yiśrāʾēl*, to *lĕlammĕdām* *milḥāmāh*; only *ʾăšer*-before not *yĕdāʿûm*.",
"grammar": {
"*raq*": "adverb - only/just/surely",
"*lĕmaʿan*": "preposition + noun - for the sake of/so that",
"*daʿat*": "infinitive construct - knowing/knowledge of",
"*dôrôt*": "noun, masculine plural construct - generations of",
"*bĕnê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - sons/children of",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*lĕlammĕdām*": "preposition + piel infinitive construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to teach them",
"*milḥāmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - war/battle",
"*raq*": "adverb - only/just",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/which",
"*lĕpānîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - before/formerly",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yĕdāʿûm*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - they knew them"
},
"variants": {
"*lĕmaʿan*": "for the purpose of/in order that",
"*daʿat*": "knowledge/knowing/experience",
"*lĕlammĕdām*": "to teach them/to train them",
"*lĕpānîm*": "before/previously/formerly"
}
}
3 {
"verseID": "Judges.3.3",
"source": "חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת ׀ סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וְכָל־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ וְהַצִּ֣ידֹנִ֔י וְהַ֣חִוִּ֔י יֹשֵׁ֖ב הַ֣ר הַלְּבָנ֑וֹן מֵהַר֙ בַּ֣עַל חֶרְמ֔וֹן עַ֖ד לְב֥וֹא חֲמָֽת׃",
"text": "Five *sarnê* *pĕlištîm* and all-the-*kĕnaʿănî* and-the-*ṣîdōnî* and-the-*ḥiwwî* *yōšēb* *har* the-*lĕbānôn* from-*har* *baʿal* *ḥermôn* until *lĕbôʾ* *ḥămāt*.",
"grammar": {
"*ḥămēšet*": "numeral, feminine construct - five of",
"*sarnê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - lords/rulers of",
"*pĕlištîm*": "proper noun, masculine plural - Philistines",
"*wĕ*": "conjunction - and",
"*kol*": "construct noun - all of",
"*ha-kĕnaʿănî*": "definite noun, gentilic singular - the Canaanite",
"*wĕ-ha-ṣîdōnî*": "conjunction + definite noun, gentilic singular - and the Sidonian",
"*wĕ-ha-ḥiwwî*": "conjunction + definite noun, gentilic singular - and the Hivite",
"*yōšēb*": "qal participle, masculine singular - dwelling/inhabiting",
"*har*": "construct noun, masculine singular - mountain of",
"*ha-lĕbānôn*": "definite proper noun - the Lebanon",
"*mē-har*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - from mountain of",
"*baʿal*": "proper noun - Baal",
"*ḥermôn*": "proper noun - Hermon",
"*ʿad*": "preposition - until/as far as",
"*lĕbôʾ*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to coming/entrance of",
"*ḥămāt*": "proper noun - Hamath"
},
"variants": {
"*sarnê*": "lords/rulers/tyrants",
"*yōšēb*": "dwelling/inhabiting/sitting",
"*har*": "mountain/hill country",
"*lĕbôʾ*": "entrance/coming/approach"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "Judges.3.4",
"source": "וַֽיִּהְי֕וּ לְנַסּ֥וֹת בָּ֖ם אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לָדַ֗עַת הֲיִשְׁמְעוּ֙ אֶת־מִצְוֺ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה אֶת־אֲבוֹתָ֖ם בְּיַד־מֹשֶֽׁה׃",
"text": "And-*wayyihyû* to-*nassôt* with-them *ʾet*-*yiśrāʾēl*, to-*lādaʿat* whether-*yišmĕʿû* *ʾet*-*miṣwōt* *YHWH* which-*ṣiwwāh* *ʾet*-*ʾăbôtām* by-hand-of-*mōšeh*.",
"grammar": {
"*wa*": "conjunction + consecutive - and",
"*yihyû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they were/became",
"*lĕnassôt*": "preposition + piel infinitive construct - to test/try",
"*bām*": "preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - with/by them",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*lādaʿat*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to know",
"*hă*": "interrogative particle - whether",
"*yišmĕʿû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they would hear/obey",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*miṣwōt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - commandments of",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which",
"*ṣiwwāh*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he commanded",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾăbôtām*": "noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their fathers",
"*bĕyad*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - by hand of/through",
"*mōšeh*": "proper noun - Moses"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyihyû*": "and they were/became/existed",
"*nassôt*": "test/try/prove",
"*yišmĕʿû*": "hear/listen to/obey",
"*bĕyad*": "by means of/through/by agency of"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Judges.3.5",
"source": "וּבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יָשְׁב֖וּ בְּקֶ֣רֶב הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑י הַחִתִּ֤י וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ וְהַפְּרִזִּ֔י וְהַחִוִּ֖י וְהַיְבוּסִֽי׃",
"text": "And-*bĕnê* *yiśrāʾēl* *yāšĕbû* in-*qereb* the-*kĕnaʿănî* the-*ḥittî* and-the-*ʾĕmōrî* and-the-*pĕrizzî* and-the-*ḥiwwî* and-the-*yĕbûsî*.",
"grammar": {
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*bĕnê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - sons/children of",
"*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*yāšĕbû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they dwelt/settled",
"*bĕqereb*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in midst of",
"*ha-kĕnaʿănî*": "definite noun, gentilic singular - the Canaanite",
"*ha-ḥittî*": "definite noun, gentilic singular - the Hittite",
"*wĕ-hā-ʾĕmōrî*": "conjunction + definite noun, gentilic singular - and the Amorite",
"*wĕ-ha-pĕrizzî*": "conjunction + definite noun, gentilic singular - and the Perizzite",
"*wĕ-ha-ḥiwwî*": "conjunction + definite noun, gentilic singular - and the Hivite",
"*wĕ-ha-yĕbûsî*": "conjunction + definite noun, gentilic singular - and the Jebusite"
},
"variants": {
"*bĕnê*": "sons/children/descendants",
"*yāšĕbû*": "dwelt/settled/lived among",
"*bĕqereb*": "in the midst of/among"
}
}