Numbers 14:45

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֤רֶד הָעֲמָלֵקִי֙ וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב בָּהָ֣ר הַה֑וּא וַיַּכּ֥וּם וַֽיַּכְּת֖וּם עַד־הַֽחָרְמָֽה

Transliteration

And-yēred the-ʿĂmālēqî and-the-Kenaʿănî the-yōšēb in-the-hār the-that and-yakkûm and-yakkettûm until-the-Ḥormāh

Grammar Details

*yēred*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he came down
*ʿĂmālēqî*: proper noun with definite article - Amalekite
*Kenaʿănî*: proper noun with definite article - Canaanite
*yōšēb*: qal participle with definite article, masculine singular - the one dwelling
*hār*: masculine singular noun with definite article - mountain
*yakkûm*: hiphil imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person plural suffix - they struck them
*yakkettûm*: piel imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person plural suffix - they crushed them
*Ḥormāh*: proper noun with definite article - Hormah

Word Meanings

*yēred*: came down/descended
*yōšēb*: dwelling/living/inhabiting
*hār*: mountain/hill
*yakkûm*: struck them/defeated them/hit them
*yakkettûm*: crushed them/beat them down/shattered them
*Ḥormāh*: Hormah - place name meaning 'destruction'

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Referenced Verses

Num 21:3 : 3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
Deut 1:44 : 44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
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.
Num 14:43 : 43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.
Exod 17:16 : 16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
Deut 32:30 : 30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
Josh 7:5 : 5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
Josh 7:11-12 : 11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

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Deut 1:44
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44And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
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1 Chr 4:43
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