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And Calebוַ כָּלֵבsaid,יֹּאמֶר“WhoeverאֲשֶׁרstrikesיַכֶּהKiriath-sepherקִרְיַת סֵפֶרand takes it,וּלְכָדָהּI will giveוְנָתַתִּיto himלוֹAchsahעַכְסָהmy daughterבִתִּיas wife.”לְאִשָּׁה
Joshua 15:16
Study it in the app“And Caleb said, “Whoever strikes Kiriath-sepher and takes it, I will give to him Achsah my daughter as wife.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 15:16, word by word
- And Calebכָּלֵבkalev
Caleb
Caleb, a scout from the tribe of Judah who with Joshua trusted YHWH (Numbers 14:6-9, 24); others also bear the name.
Where else “kalev” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- strikesיַכֶּהyake
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yake” appears- Kiriath-sepherקִרְיַתkiryat
Kiriath-sannah, Kiriath-sepher
Kiriath-sannah, Kiriath-sepher: old names of Debir. "Kiriath-sepher" means "city of the book."
Where else “kiryat” appears- and takes itלְכָדָlechada
capture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “lechada” appears- I will giveנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- Achsahעַכְסָהachsa
Achsah
Achsah: a daughter of Caleb, given as wife to Othniel. The name means "anklet," an ornament of the ankle.
Where else “achsa” appears- my daughterבִתִּviti
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “viti” appears- as wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears
The context
15And he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir; and the name of Debir was formerly Kiriath-sepher.
16 · This verse (above)
17And Othniel son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it, and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.