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Whenוַיְהִי כִּיIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלgrew strong,חָזַקthey putוַיָּשֶׂםthe Canaaniteאֶת הַכְּנַעֲנִיto forced labor,לָמַסbutוְthey did notלֹאcompletelyהוֹרֵישׁdispossess him.הוֹרִישׁוֹ
Judges 1:28
Study it in the app“When Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanite to forced labor, but they did not completely dispossess him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 1:28, word by word
- Whenיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- grew strongחָזַקchazak
be strong
To stand firm and brave, not giving in to fear.
Where else “chazak” appears- they putיָּשֶׂםyasem
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “yasem” appears- the Canaaniteכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani
Canaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appears- to forced laborמַסmas
forced labor
Forced labor imposed on a subject people.
Where else “mas” appears- completelyהוֹרֵישׁhoresh
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “horesh” appears
The context
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.
28 · This verse (above)
29Ephraim did not dispossess the Canaanite who lived in Gezer; so the Canaanite lived among them in Gezer.