Judges 1:26

“The man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city and called its name Luz; that is its name to this day.”

Judges 1:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 1:26, word by word

The manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “ish” appears
wentיֵּלֶךְyelech

go

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

Where else “yelech” appears
to the landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “erets” appears
of the Hittitesחִתִּיםchitim

Hittite

Hittite: a descendant of Heth, one of the peoples of Canaan.

Where else “chitim” appears
and builtיִּבֶןyiven

build

To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.

Where else “yiven” appears
a cityעִירir

city

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

Where else “ir” appears
and calledיִּקְרָאyikra

name

To give someone a name.

Where else “yikra” appears
its nameשְׁמָshema

name

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

Where else “shema” appears
Luzלוּזluz

Luz

Luz, the old name of the town of Bethel; also another town.

Where else “luz” appears
this dayיּוֹםyom

today

This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.

Where else “yom” appears

The context

25He showed them the way into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but the man and all his family they let go.

26 · This verse (above)

27Manasseh did not dispossess Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; and the Canaanite was determined to live in this land.

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