But the Jebusiteוְאֶת הַיְבוּסִיwho livedיֹשֵׁבin Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםthe sonsבְּנֵיof Benjaminבִנְיָמִןdid notלֹאdispossess;הוֹרִישׁוּso the Jebusiteוַ הַיְבוּסִיhas livedיֵּשֶׁבwithאֶתthe sonsבְּנֵיof Benjaminבִנְיָמִןin Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִַםtoעַדthis day.הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה
Judges 1:21
Study it in the app“But the Jebusite who lived in Jerusalem the sons of Benjamin did not dispossess; so the Jebusite has lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 1:21, word by word
- But the Jebusiteיְבוּסִיyevusi
Jebusite
Jebusite: a people of Canaan that lived in Jerusalem before David.
Where else “yevusi” appears- who livedיֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- in Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Benjaminבִנְיָמִןvinyamin
Benjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “vinyamin” appears- dispossessהוֹרִישׁוּhorishu
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “horishu” appears- this dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
20They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken, and he dispossessed from there the three sons of Anak.
21 · This verse (above)
22The house of Joseph, they too, went up against Bethel, and YHWH was with them.