Judges 1:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּעֲל֧וּ בֵית־יוֹסֵ֛ף גַּם־הֵ֖ם בֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל וַֽיהוָ֖ה עִמָּֽם׃

Transliteration

And yaʿălû bêt-yôsēp also them to bêt-ʾēl and YHWH with them.

Grammar Details

• *yaʿălû*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd plural - and they went up
• *bêt*: common noun, masculine singular construct - house of
• *yôsēp*: proper noun, Joseph
• *ʾēl*: proper noun, El/God (in place name)
• *YHWH*: proper noun, Yahweh/LORD

Word Meanings

• *yaʿălû*: went up/ascended/attacked
• *bêt*-*yôsēp*: house of Joseph (Ephraim and Manasseh tribes)
• *bêt*-*ʾēl*: Bethel (place name, 'house of God')

Referenced Verses

• Judg 1:19 : 19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
• 2 Kgs 18:7 : 7 And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
• 1 Chr 7:29 : 29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
• Rev 7:8 : 8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
• Gen 49:24 : 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob;(from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
• Num 1:10 : 10 Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
• Num 1:32 : 32 Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Josh 14:4 : 4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
• Josh 16:1-4 : 1 And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel, 2 And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, 3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea. 4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.