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From thereמִשָּׁםhe wentוַיֵּלֶךְagainstאֶלthe inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵיof Debirדְּבִיר(the nameוְשֵׁםof Debirדְּבִירformerly wasלְפָנִיםKiriath-sepher).קִרְיַת סֵפֶר
Judges 1:11
Study it in the app“From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir (the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher).”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 1:11, word by word
- he wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- the inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of Debirדְּבִירdevir
Debir
Debir: the name of a king of Eglon and of places in Palestine; the best known is a city in the hill country of Judah.
Where else “devir” appears- (the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- formerly wasפָנִיםfanim
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanim” appears- Kiriath-sepher)קִרְיַתkiryat
Kiriath-sannah, Kiriath-sepher
Kiriath-sannah, Kiriath-sepher: old names of Debir. "Kiriath-sepher" means "city of the book."
Where else “kiryat” appears
The context
10Judah went against the Canaanite who lived in Hebron (the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba), and they struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 · This verse (above)
12Caleb said, “Whoever strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him Achsah my daughter as wife.”