Judges 1:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses said, and he expelled from there the three sons of Anak.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ לְכָלֵב֙ אֶת־חֶבְר֔וֹן כּֽ͏ַאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֣ר מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיּ֣וֹרֶשׁ מִשָּׁ֔ם אֶת־שְׁלֹשָׁ֖ה בְּנֵ֥י הָעֲנָֽק׃

Transliteration

And yittənû to kālēb ḥebrôn as dibber mōšeh and yôreš from there the three bənê the ʿănāq.

Grammar Details

• *yittənû*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd plural - and they gave
• *kālēb*: proper noun, Caleb
• *ḥebrôn*: proper noun, Hebron
• *dibber*: piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he spoke/had spoken
• *mōšeh*: proper noun, Moses
• *yôreš*: hiphil imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he drove out/dispossessed
• *bənê*: common noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
• *ʿănāq*: proper noun with definite article, Anak

Word Meanings

• *yittənû*: gave/assigned/allotted
• *dibber*: spoke/promised/commanded
• *yôreš*: drove out/dispossessed/expelled
• *bənê* *ʿănāq*: sons of Anak/Anakim (giants)

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had promised, and Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak from it.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they gave{H5414} Hebron{H2275} unto Caleb,{H3612} as Moses{H4872} had spoken:{H1696} and he drove{H3423} out thence the three{H7969} sons{H1121} of Anak.{H6061}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they gave{H5414}{(H8799)} Hebron{H2275} unto Caleb{H3612}, as Moses{H4872} said{H1696}{(H8765)}: and he expelled{H3423}{(H8686)} thence the three{H7969} sons{H1121} of Anak{H6061}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And acordinge as Moses had sayde, they gaue Hebron vnto Caleb, which droue out the thre sonnes of Enak.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And they gaue Hebron vnto Caleb, as Moses had saide, and hee expelled thence the three sonnes of Anak.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they gaue Hebron vnto Caleb, as Moyses sayde: And he expelled thence the three sonnes of Anak.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out there the three sons of Anak.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they give to Caleb Hebron, as Moses hath spoken, and he dispossesseth thence the three sons of Anak.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said; and he took the land of the three sons of Anak, driving them out from there.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out there the three sons of Anak.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Caleb received Hebron, just as Moses had promised. He drove out the three Anakites.

Referenced Verses

• Judg 1:10 : 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron, (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba) and they killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
• Josh 15:13-14 : 13 Caleb the son of Jephunneh received a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, namely the city of Arba the father of Anak, which is Hebron. 14 And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
• Num 14:24 : 24 But my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land where he went; and his offspring shall possess it.
• Deut 1:36 : 36 Except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and his children I will give the land he has trodden upon, because he has fully followed the LORD.
• Josh 14:9-9 : 9 And Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land where your feet have trodden shall be your inheritance, and your children's forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God. 10 And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, as He said, these forty-five years since the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, lo, I am this day eighty-five years old. 11 Yet I am as strong this day as I was the day that Moses sent me; as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out and to come in. 12 Now therefore give me this mountain, of which the LORD spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fortified; if so the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. 13 And Joshua blessed him and gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron as an inheritance. 14 Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.
• Josh 21:11-12 : 11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs around it. 12 But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
• Num 13:22 : 22 And they ascended by the south and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)