1 Chronicles 12:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵ֣לֶּה הֵ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָבְר֤וּ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן וְה֥וּא מְמַלֵּ֖א עַל־כָּל־גדיתיו גְּדוֹתָ֑יו וַיַּבְרִ֙יחוּ֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָ֣עֲמָקִ֔ים לַמִּזְרָ֖ח וְלַֽמַּעֲרָֽב׃

Transliteration

ʾĒlleh hēm ʾăšer ʿāḇərû ʾet-ha-Yardēn in the ḥōdeš hā-rîʾšôn, and hûʾ məmalēʾ over all gədôtāw; and they made yaḇrîḥû ʾet all the ʿămāqîm to the mizrāḥ and to the maʿărāḇ.

Grammar Details

*ʾĒlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, plural - these
*hēm*: independent pronoun, 3rd masculine plural - they
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - who/which/that
*ʿāḇərû*: verb, perfect, 3rd plural, Qal - they crossed
*ʾet-ha-Yardēn*: direct object marker + definite article + proper noun - the Jordan
*ba-ḥōdeš*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the month
*hā-rîʾšôn*: definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular - the first
*wə-hûʾ*: conjunction + independent pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - and it
*məmalēʾ*: participle, masculine singular, Piel - filling
*ʿal-kol-gədôtāw*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - over all its banks
*wa-yaḇrîḥû*: conjunction + verb, imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd plural, Hiphil - and they caused to flee
*ʾet-kol-hā-ʿămāqîm*: direct object marker + noun, masculine singular construct + definite article + noun, masculine plural - all the valleys
*la-mizrāḥ*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the east
*wə-la-maʿărāḇ*: conjunction + preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - and to the west

Word Meanings

*ʿāḇərû*: crossed/passed over/traversed
*məmalēʾ*: filling/overflowing
*gədôtāw*: its banks/shores
*yaḇrîḥû*: caused to flee/drove away/put to flight
*ʿămāqîm*: valleys/low regions
*mizrāḥ*: east/sunrise direction
*maʿărāḇ*: west/sunset direction

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