She saidוַתֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Giveהָבָהmeלִּיa blessing;בְרָכָהsinceכִּיyou have given meנְתַתָּנִיthe landאֶרֶץof the Negev,הַנֶּגֶבgiveוְנָתַתָּהmeלִיspringsגֻּלֹּתof water.”מָיִםAnd Calebוַ כָּלֵבgaveיִּתֶּןherלָהּthe upperעִלִּיתspringsאֵת גֻּלֹּתand the lowerוְ תַּחְתִּיתsprings.אֵת גֻּלֹּת
Judges 1:15
Study it in the app“She said to him, “Give me a blessing; since you have given me the land of the Negev, give me springs of water.” And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 1:15, word by word
- She saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “Giveהָבָhava
give
To hand something to someone, or to ascribe to him what is due.
Where else “hava” appears- a blessingבְרָכָהveracha
blessing
The good God gives, or words asking for it.
Where else “veracha” appears- you have given meנְתַתָּnetata
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “netata” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the Negevנֶּגֶבnegev
Negev
The dry land in the south of Israel.
Where else “negev” appears- springsגֻּלֹּתgulot
spring
Water welling up.
Where else “gulot” appears- of waterמָיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- 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- the upperעִלִּיתilit
upper
From above, upper.
Where else “ilit” appears- and the lowerתַּחְתִּיתtachtit
lowest
Lowest, the lower level; the depths.
Where else “tachtit” appears
The context
14When she came, she urged him to ask her father for the field. She got down from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”
15 · This verse (above)
16The sons of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up from the City of Palms with the sons of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the Negev of Arad; and he went and lived with the people.