Judges 1:29

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ לֹ֣א הוֹרִ֔ישׁ אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י הַיּוֹשֵׁ֣ב בְּגָ֑זֶר וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֛י בְּקִרְבּ֖וֹ בְּגָֽזֶר׃

Transliteration

And ʾeprayim not hôrîš the kənaʿănî the yôšēb in gāzer and yēšeb the kənaʿănî in qirbô in gāzer.

Grammar Details

*ʾeprayim*: proper noun, Ephraim
*hôrîš*: hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he dispossessed/drove out
*kənaʿănî*: proper noun with definite article, Canaanite
*yôšēb*: qal participle, masculine singular with definite article - the one dwelling
*gāzer*: proper noun, Gezer
*yēšeb*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he dwelt/remained
*qirbô*: common noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its midst/among them

Word Meanings

*hôrîš*: dispossessed/drove out/expelled
*yôšēb*: dwelling in/inhabiting
*yēšeb*: dwelt/remained/lived
*qirbô*: in its midst/among them/in their territory

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Referenced Verses

Josh 16:10 : 10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
1 Kgs 9:16 : 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Josh 16:9-10
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9And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
10And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
Judg 1:30-35
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83%
30Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
31Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
32But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.
33Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.
34And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
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Judg 1:27-28
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27Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
28And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
Josh 17:12-13
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12Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
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Judg 1:21-22
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21And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
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13Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
Judg 3:5
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Judg 1:18-19
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18Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
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Josh 21:20-21
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20And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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1 Chr 7:28-29
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Josh 15:63
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1 Chr 1:14
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1 Chr 6:67
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