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Asherאָשֵׁרdid notלֹאdispossessהוֹרִישׁthe inhabitantsאֶת יֹשְׁבֵיof Accoעַכּוֹor the inhabitantsוְאֶת יוֹשְׁבֵיof Sidon,צִידוֹןor Ahlab,וְאֶת אַחְלָבAchzib,וְאֶת אַכְזִיבHelbah,וְאֶת חֶלְבָּהAphik,וְאֶת אֲפִיקor Rehob.וְאֶת רְחֹב
Judges 1:31
Study it in the app“Asher did not dispossess the inhabitants of Acco or the inhabitants of Sidon, or Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 1:31, word by word
- Asherאָשֵׁרasher
Asher
Asher, a son of Jacob and Zilpah; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name sounds like "happy".
Where else “asher” appears- dispossessהוֹרִישׁhorish
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “horish” appears- the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of Accoעַכּוֹako
Acco
Acco: a city and harbor on the coast, north of Carmel.
Where else “ako” appears- of Sidonצִידוֹןtsidon
Sidon
See it on the mapWhere else “tsidon” appears- or Ahlabאַחְלָבachlav
Ahlab
Ahlab: a city on the coast that Asher did not manage to take.
Where else “achlav” appears- Achzibאַכְזִיבachziv
Achzib
Achzib: the name of two towns, one of Judah in the Shephelah and one of Asher on the coast. The name comes from "deceptive," like a brook that dries up in summer.
Where else “achziv” appears- Helbahחֶלְבָּהchelba
Helbah
Helbah: a city on the coast that Asher did not manage to take.
Where else “chelba” appears- Aphikאֲפִיקafik
Aphek
Aphek: the name of several cities; it means "fortress."
Where else “afik” appears- or Rehobרְחֹבrechov
Rehob
Rehob, a place in the north of Canaan; also the name of persons.
Where else “rechov” appears
Places in this verse
Sidon
Today: Sidon (Saida), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, north of Tyre.
Ahab's wife Jezebel was the daughter of the king of Sidon (1 Kgs 16:31). Jesus said Sidon would have changed its mind had it seen his miracles (Luke 10:13).
The context
30Zebulun did not dispossess the inhabitants of Kitron or the inhabitants of Nahalol; so the Canaanite lived among them and became subject to forced labor.
31 · This verse (above)
32So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite, the inhabitants of the land, because they did not dispossess him.