Judges 1:17

“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.”

Judges 1:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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Simeonשִׁמְעוֹןshimon

Simeon

Simeon, the second son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "he heard".

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his brotherאָחִיachi

brother

A son of the same father or the same mother.

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and they struckיַּכּוּyaku

defeat

To attack and beat in battle.

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the Canaaniteכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani

Canaanite

Someone from Canaan, before Israel.

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who livedיוֹשֵׁבyoshev

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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in Zephathצְפַתtsefat

Zephath

Zephath: a Canaanite city in the south, later called Hormah.

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and devoted it to destructionיַּחֲרִימוּyacharimu

devote to destruction

To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.

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So one calledיִּקְרָאyikra

name

To give someone a name.

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the nameשֵׁםshem

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

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of the cityעִירir

city

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

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Hormahחָרְמָהcharma

Hormah

Hormah, a place in the south of Canaan. The name comes from the word "devote to destruction" (Numbers 21:3).

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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.

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