Genesis 35:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּסָּ֑עוּ וַיְהִ֣י ׀ חִתַּ֣ת אֱלֹהִ֗ים עַל־הֶֽעָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ סְבִיבֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם וְלֹ֣א רָֽדְפ֔וּ אַחֲרֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב׃

Transliteration

And wayyissāʿû and wayȇhî ḥittat ʾĕlōhîm upon heʿārîm ʾăšer sȇbîbōtêhem and wȇlōʾ rādȇfû after bȇnê yaʿăqōb.

Grammar Details

• *wayyissāʿû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd common plural - and they journeyed
• *wayȇhî*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and there was
• *ḥittat*: construct feminine singular noun - terror of
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - God
• *heʿārîm*: article + feminine plural noun - the cities
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - which/that
• *sȇbîbōtêhem*: feminine plural noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their surroundings
• *wȇlōʾ*: waw consecutive + negative particle - and not
• *rādȇfû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they pursued
• *bȇnê*: masculine plural construct noun - sons of
• *yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob

Word Meanings

• *wayyissāʿû*: and they journeyed/and they set out/and they departed
• *ḥittat ʾĕlōhîm*: terror of God/divine terror/dread from God
• *sȇbîbōtêhem*: their surroundings/around them/their vicinity
• *rādȇfû*: they pursued/they chased/they followed

Referenced Verses

• Exod 23:27 : 27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
• Josh 5:1 : 1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
• 2 Chr 17:10 : 10 And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
• Ps 14:5 : 5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
• Gen 34:30 : 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
• Exod 15:15-16 : 15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. 16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
• Exod 34:24 : 24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
• Deut 11:25 : 25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
• Josh 2:9-9 : 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
• 1 Sam 11:7 : 7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
• 1 Sam 14:15 : 15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
• 2 Chr 14:14 : 14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.