Judges 1:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ הָאִ֔ישׁ אֶ֖רֶץ הַחִתִּ֑ים וַיִּ֣בֶן עִ֗יר וַיִּקְרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ ל֔וּז ה֣וּא שְׁמָ֔הּ עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

And yēlek the ʾîš to ʾereṣ the ḥittîm and yiben ʿîr and yiqrāʾ šəmāh lûz hûʾ šəmāh until the yôm the zeh.

Grammar Details

*yēlek*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he went
*ʾîš*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the man
*ʾereṣ*: common noun, feminine singular construct - land of
*ḥittîm*: proper noun with definite article, Hittites
*yiben*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he built
*ʿîr*: common noun, feminine singular - a city
*yiqrāʾ*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he called
*šəmāh*: common noun, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - its name
*lûz*: proper noun, Luz
*hûʾ*: personal pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - it/that is
*yôm*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the day
*zeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this

Word Meanings

*ʾereṣ* *ḥittîm*: land of the Hittites
*yiqrāʾ* *šəmāh*: called its name/named it
*yôm* *zeh*: this day/to this day/until now

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 7:6 : 6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
2 Chr 1:17 : 17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Gen 28:19
81%
19And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
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22And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them.
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Gen 35:6-7
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76%
6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
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Josh 16:1-2
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Josh 18:13
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13And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
Gen 48:3
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3And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
Gen 12:8
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Gen 13:3
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Judg 19:11
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Deut 6:10
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