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Calebכָּלֵבsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“WhoeverאֲשֶׁרstrikesיַכֶּהKiriath-sepherאֶת קִרְיַת סֵפֶרand captures it,וּלְכָדָהּI will giveוְנָתַתִּיhimלוֹAchsahאֶת עַכְסָהmy daughterבִתִּיas wife.”לְאִשָּׁה
Judges 1:12
Study it in the app“Caleb said, “Whoever strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him Achsah my daughter as wife.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 1:12, word by word
- 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 captures 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
11From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir (the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher).
12 · This verse (above)
13Othniel son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, younger than he, captured it, and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.