The manהָאִישׁwentוַיֵּלֶךְto the landאֶרֶץof the Hittitesהַחִתִּיםand builtוַיִּבֶןa cityעִירand calledוַיִּקְרָאits nameשְׁמָהּLuz;לוּזthat isהוּאits nameשְׁמָהּtoעַדthis day.הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה
Judges 1:26
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.