JudahיְהוּדָהwentוַיֵּלֶךְwithאֶתSimeonשִׁמְעוֹןhis brother,אָחִיוand they struckוַיַּכּוּthe Canaaniteאֶת הַכְּנַעֲנִיwho livedיוֹשֵׁבin Zephathצְפַתand devoted it to destruction.וַיַּחֲרִימוּ אוֹתָהּSo one calledוַיִּקְרָאthe nameאֶת שֵׁםof the cityהָעִירHormah.חָרְמָה
Judges 1:17
Study it in the app“Judah 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 1:17, word by word
- 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- wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- Simeonשִׁמְעוֹןshimon
Simeon
Simeon, the second son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "he heard".
Where else “shimon” appears- his brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- and they struckיַּכּוּyaku
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yaku” appears- the Canaaniteכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani
Canaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appears- who livedיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- in Zephathצְפַתtsefat
Zephath
Zephath: a Canaanite city in the south, later called Hormah.
Where else “tsefat” appears- and devoted it to destructionיַּחֲרִימוּyacharimu
devote to destruction
To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.
Where else “yacharimu” appears- So one calledיִּקְרָאyikra
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikra” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- Hormahחָרְמָהcharma
Hormah
Hormah, a place in the south of Canaan. The name comes from the word "devote to destruction" (Numbers 21:3).
Where else “charma” appears
Translation note
“Hormah” sounds like “devote to destruction” (cherem); see Numbers 21:3.
The context
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18Judah captured Gaza and its territory, Ashkelon and its territory, and Ekron and its territory.