1 Samuel 7:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָלַ֗ךְ מִדֵּ֤י שָׁנָה֙ בְּשָׁנָ֔ה וְסָבַב֙ בֵּֽית־אֵ֔ל וְהַגִּלְגָּ֖ל וְהַמִּצְפָּ֑ה וְשָׁפַט֙ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַמְּקוֹמ֖וֹת הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

Transliteration

And wĕhālak from-middê year in-year and wĕsābab bêt-ʾēl and-the-gilgāl and-the-miṣpâ and wĕšāpaṭ ʾet-yiśrāʾēl ʾēt all-the-places the-these.

Grammar Details

*wĕhālak*: waw-conjunctive + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and he went
*middê*: from + construct state of *day* - from sufficient/as often as
*wĕsābab*: waw-conjunctive + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and he circuited
*wĕšāpaṭ*: waw-conjunctive + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and he judged

Word Meanings

*wĕhālak*: went/traveled/journeyed
*middê*: from time to time/year by year/regularly
*wĕsābab*: circuited/went around/made a circuit
*bêt*-*ʾēl*: Bethel (place name)/house of God
*gilgāl*: Gilgal (place name)
*wĕšāpaṭ*: judged/governed/decided cases

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Judg 5:10 : 10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
Judg 10:4 : 4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
Judg 12:14 : 14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
Ps 75:2 : 2 When I shall receive{H8799)} the congregation I will judge{H8799)} uprightly.
Ps 82:3-4 : 3 Defend{H8798)} the poor and fatherless: do justice{H8685)} to the afflicted and needy{H8802)}. 4 Deliver{H8761)} the poor and needy: rid{H8685)} them out of the hand of the wicked.

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