Judges 1:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְנֵ֣י קֵינִי֩ חֹתֵ֨ן מֹשֶׁ֜ה עָל֨וּ מֵעִ֤יר הַתְּמָרִים֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה מִדְבַּ֣ר יְהוּדָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּנֶ֣גֶב עֲרָ֑ד וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב אֶת־הָעָֽם׃

Transliteration

And bənê qênî ḥōtēn mōšeh ʿālû from ʿîr the təmārîm with bənê yəhûdāh to midbār yəhûdāh which in negeb ʿărād and yēlek and yēšeb with the ʿām.

Grammar Details

• *bənê*: construct state, masculine plural - sons/people of
• *qênî*: proper noun, Kenite
• *ḥōtēn*: construct state, masculine singular - father-in-law of
• *mōšeh*: proper noun, Moses
• *ʿālû*: qal perfect, 3rd plural - they went up
• *ʿîr*: construct state, feminine singular - city of
• *təmārîm*: common noun, masculine plural - palms/palm trees
• *yəhûdāh*: proper noun, Judah
• *midbār*: common noun, masculine singular - wilderness/desert of
• *negeb*: common noun, masculine singular - south/negev
• *ʿărād*: proper noun, Arad
• *yēlek*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he went
• *yēšeb*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he dwelt/settled
• *ʿām*: common noun, masculine singular - people

Word Meanings

• *qênî*: Kenite/Kenites (tribe name)
• *ʿîr* *təmārîm*: City of Palms (Jericho)
• *midbār*: wilderness/desert/uncultivated region
• *negeb*: south/southern region/Negev
• *yēlek*: went/proceeded/journeyed
• *yēšeb*: dwelt/settled/lived among

Referenced Verses

• Num 10:29-32 : 29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel. 30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. 31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes. 32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.
• Num 21:1 : 1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
• Deut 34:3 : 3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
• 1 Sam 15:6 : 6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
• Judg 4:11 : 11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
• Judg 3:13 : 13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
• Judg 4:17 : 17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
• 1 Chr 2:15 : 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
• 2 Chr 28:16 : 16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.
• Jer 35:2 : 2 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
• Josh 12:14 : 14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
• Num 24:21-22 : 21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. 22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
• Exod 3:1 : 1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
• Exod 4:18 : 18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
• Exod 18:1 : 1 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
• Exod 18:7 : 7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
• Exod 18:12 : 12 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.
• Exod 18:14-17 : 14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? 15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God: 16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. 17 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
• Exod 18:27 : 27 And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.