Judges 1:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוּדָה֩ לְשִׁמְע֨וֹן אָחִ֜יו עֲלֵ֧ה אִתִּ֣י בְגוֹרָלִ֗י וְנִֽלָּחֲמָה֙ בַּֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י וְהָלַכְתִּ֧י גַם־אֲנִ֛י אִתְּךָ֖ בְּגוֹרָלֶ֑ךָ וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ אִתּ֖וֹ שִׁמְעֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer Yəhûdâ to Šimʿôn ʾāḥîw: ʿălēh with me in bəgôrālî and wənillāḥămâ against the Kənaʿănî, and wəhālaktî also I with you in bəgôrāleḵā. And wayyēleḵ with him Šimʿôn.

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*Yəhûdâ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Judah
*Šimʿôn*: proper noun, masculine singular - Simeon
*ʾāḥîw*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his brother
*ʿălēh*: imperative, masculine singular - go up/ascend
*bəgôrālî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 1st common singular suffix - in my lot/inheritance/territory
*wənillāḥămâ*: conjunction + niphal imperfect cohortative, 1st common plural - and let us fight
*Kənaʿănî*: gentilic noun, masculine singular - Canaanite
*wəhālaktî*: conjunction + qal perfect, 1st common singular - and I will go
*bəgôrāleḵā*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - in your lot/inheritance/territory
*wayyēleḵ*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he went

Word Meanings

*ʿălēh*: go up/ascend/come up
*bəgôrālî*: in my lot/portion/inheritance/territory
*wənillāḥămâ*: let us fight/do battle with
*wəhālaktî*: I will go/walk/proceed

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Judg 1:17 : 17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
2 Sam 10:11 : 11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
Gen 29:33 : 33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
Josh 19:1 : 1 And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

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1Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
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8And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
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