Judges 2:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַ֛עַן נַסּ֥וֹת בָּ֖ם אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הֲשֹׁמְרִ֣ים הֵם֩ אֶת־דֶּ֨רֶךְ יְהוָ֜ה לָלֶ֣כֶת בָּ֗ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר שָׁמְר֥וּ אֲבוֹתָ֖ם אִם־לֹֽא׃

Transliteration

For-purpose-of nassôt by-them ʾet-Yiśrāʾēl ?-šōmərîm they ʾet-dereḵ YHWH to-lāleḵet in-them as šāmərû ʾăḇôtām if-not

Grammar Details

• *nassôt*: piel infinitive construct - to test
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *šōmərîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - keeping
• *dereḵ*: feminine singular construct - way of
• *lāleḵet*: qal infinitive construct with preposition ל - to walk
• *šāmərû*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine plural - they kept
• *ʾăḇôtām*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their fathers

Word Meanings

• *nassôt*: to test/try/prove
• *šōmərîm*: keeping/observing/guarding
• *dereḵ*: way/path/road
• *lāleḵet*: to walk/follow/go
• *šāmərû*: they kept/observed/guarded
• *ʾăḇôtām*: their fathers/ancestors

Referenced Verses

• Deut 8:2 : 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
• Deut 8:16 : 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
• Deut 13:3 : 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
• Judg 3:1-4 : 1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; 2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; 3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath. 4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
• 2 Chr 32:31 : 31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
• Job 23:10 : 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
• Ps 66:10 : 10 For thou, O God, hast proved{H8804)} us: thou hast tried{H8804)} us, as silver is tried{H8800)}.
• Prov 17:3 : 3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
• Mal 3:2-3 : 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
• Gen 22:1 : 1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.