Genesis 14:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע אַבְרָ֔ם כִּ֥י נִשְׁבָּ֖ה אָחִ֑יו וַיָּ֨רֶק אֶת־חֲנִיכָ֜יו יְלִידֵ֣י בֵית֗וֹ שְׁמֹנָ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ וּשְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵא֔וֹת וַיִּרְדֹּ֖ף עַד־דָּֽן׃

Transliteration

way-yišmaʿ ʾaḇrām kî nišbāh ʾāḥîw way-yāreq ʾeṯ-ḥănîḵāyw yəlîḏê ḇêṯô šəmōnāh ʿāśār û-šəlōš mēʾôṯ way-yirdōp̄ ʿaḏ-dān

Grammar Details

• *way-yišmaʿ*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he heard
• *ʾaḇrām*: proper noun, personal name (Abram)
• *kî*: conjunction - that
• *nišbāh*: niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was taken captive
• *ʾāḥîw*: common noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his brother/kinsman
• *way-yāreq*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he emptied out/mustered
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *ḥănîḵāyw*: common noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his trained men
• *yəlîḏê*: common noun, masculine plural, construct - born of
• *ḇêṯô*: common noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his house
• *šəmōnāh*: numeral, feminine - eight
• *ʿāśār*: numeral, masculine - ten
• *û-šəlōš*: conjunction + numeral, feminine - and three
• *mēʾôṯ*: numeral, feminine plural - hundreds
• *way-yirdōp̄*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he pursued
• *ʿaḏ*: preposition - as far as/unto
• *dān*: proper noun, place name (Dan)

Word Meanings

• *nišbāh*: was taken captive/was captured
• *ʾāḥîw*: his brother/kinsman/relative
• *way-yāreq*: emptied out/armed/mustered/drew out
• *ḥănîḵāyw*: his trained men/retainers/servants
• *yəlîḏê* *ḇêṯô*: born in his house/household servants/home-trained

Referenced Verses

• Gen 15:3 : 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
• Judg 18:29 : 29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
• Eccl 2:7 : 7 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
• Gen 17:27 : 27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
• Deut 34:1 : 1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
• Gen 17:12 : 12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
• Gen 12:5 : 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
• Prov 24:11-12 : 11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
• Gen 12:16 : 16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
• Gen 13:8 : 8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
• Gen 11:27-31 : 27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
• Gen 18:19 : 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
• Gen 23:6 : 6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
• Isa 41:2-3 : 2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. 3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
• Gal 6:1-2 : 1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
• 1 John 2:18 : 18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
• Judg 20:1 : 1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
• Ps 45:3-5 : 3 Gird{H8798)} thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. 4 And in thy majesty ride{H8798)} prosperously{H8798)} because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach{H8686)} thee terrible things{H8737)}. 5 Thine arrows are sharp{H8802)} in the heart of the king's enemies{H8802)}; whereby the people fall{H8799)} under thee.
• Ps 68:12 : 12 Kings of armies did flee{H8799)} apace{H8799)}: and she that tarried at home divided{H8762)} the spoil.
• Prov 17:17 : 17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.