The sonsוּבְנֵיof the Kenite,קֵינִיMoses’מֹשֶׁהfather-in-law,חֹתֵןwent upעָלוּfrom the Cityמֵעִירof Palmsהַתְּמָרִיםwithאֶתthe sonsבְּנֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהinto the wildernessמִדְבַּרof Judah,יְהוּדָהwhich isאֲשֶׁרin the Negevבְּנֶגֶבof Arad;עֲרָדand he wentוַיֵּלֶךְand livedוַיֵּשֶׁבwithאֶתthe people.הָעָם
Judges 1:16
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 1:16, word by word
- The sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of the Keniteקֵינִיkeni
Kenite
Kenite(s): a people of southern Canaan; Moses' father-in-law belonged to them.
Where else “keni” appears- 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).
Where else “moshe” appears- father-in-lawחֹתֵןchoten
father-in-law
The parents of the wife or the husband, that is, the in-laws.
Where else “choten” appears- went upעָלוּalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alu” appears- from the Cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- of Palmsתְּמָרִיםtemarim
palm tree
Palm tree.
Where else “temarim” appears- 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.
Where else “yehuda” appears- into the wildernessמִדְבַּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- in the Negevנֶגֶבnegev
Negev
The dry land in the south of Israel.
Where else “negev” appears- of Aradעֲרָדarad
Arad
Arad, a Canaanite city in the Negev; also the name of a man. The name means "fugitive."
Where else “arad” appears- and he wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- and livedיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
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.