Judges 10:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּסִ֜ירוּ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֤י הַנֵּכָר֙ מִקִּרְבָּ֔ם וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה וַתִּקְצַ֥ר נַפְשׁ֖וֹ בַּעֲמַ֥ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Transliteration

wə-yāsîrû ʾeṯ-ʾĕlōhê ha-nēḵār from-qirbām wə-yaʿaḇdû ʾeṯ-YHWH wə-tiqṣar nap̄šô in-ʿămal yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*wə-yāsîrû*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3mp - and they removed
*ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - gods of
*ha-nēḵār*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the foreign
*qirbām*: noun, masculine singular + 3mp suffix - their midst
*wə-yaʿaḇdû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3mp - and they served
*YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/LORD
*wə-tiqṣar*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3fs - and it was shortened
*nap̄šô*: noun, feminine singular + 3ms suffix - his soul
*ʿămal*: noun, masculine singular construct - trouble/misery of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

*wə-yāsîrû*: they removed/they put away
*wə-yaʿaḇdû*: they served/they worshipped
*wə-tiqṣar* *nap̄šô*: his soul was shortened/he was impatient/he was grieved/he was moved with pity
*ʿămal*: trouble/misery/suffering/toil

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Referenced Verses

Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Ps 106:44-45 : 44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
Gen 6:6 : 6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Deut 32:36 : 36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
Josh 24:23 : 23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
2 Chr 7:14 : 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chr 15:8 : 8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
2 Chr 33:15 : 15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
Jer 18:7-8 : 7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; 8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Jer 31:20 : 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
Ezek 18:30-32 : 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Hos 11:8 : 8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
Hos 14:1-3 : 1 O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. 3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
Hos 14:8 : 8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
Luke 15:20 : 20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
Luke 19:41 : 41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
John 11:34 : 34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
Eph 4:32 : 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Heb 3:10 : 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
Heb 4:15 : 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

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