Judges 1:16

“The 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.”

Judges 1:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 1:16, word by word

The sonsבְנֵיvene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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of the Keniteקֵינִיkeni

Kenite

Kenite(s): a people of southern Canaan; Moses' father-in-law belonged to them.

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Moses’מֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

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father-in-lawחֹתֵןchoten

father-in-law

The parents of the wife or the husband, that is, the in-laws.

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went upעָלוּalu

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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from the Cityעִירir

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

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of Palmsתְּמָרִיםtemarim

palm tree

Palm tree.

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of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda

Judah

Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.

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into the wildernessמִדְבַּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

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in the Negevנֶגֶבnegev

Negev

The dry land in the south of Israel.

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of Aradעֲרָדarad

Arad

Arad, a Canaanite city in the Negev; also the name of a man. The name means "fugitive."

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and he wentיֵּלֶךְyelech

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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and livedיֵּשֶׁבyeshev

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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Translation note

The “City of Palms” is Jericho (Deuteronomy 34:3).

The context

15She 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.

16 · This verse (above)

17Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanite who lived in Zephath and devoted it to destruction. So one called the name of the city Hormah.

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