So the Asheritesוַ הָאָשֵׁרִיlivedיֵּשֶׁבamongבְּקֶרֶבthe Canaanite,הַכְּנַעֲנִיthe inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof the land,הָאָרֶץbecauseכִּיthey did notלֹאdispossess him.הוֹרִישׁוֹ
Judges 1:32
Study it in the app“So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite, the inhabitants of the land, because they did not dispossess him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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Judges 1:32, word by word
- So the Asheritesאָשֵׁרִיasheri
Asherite
Asherite: of the tribe of Asher.
Where else “asheri” appears- livedיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears- amongקֶרֶבkerev
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kerev” appears- the Canaaniteכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani
Canaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- dispossess himהוֹרִישׁhorish
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “horish” appears
The context
31Asher did not dispossess the inhabitants of Acco or the inhabitants of Sidon, or Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob.
32 · This verse (above)
33Naphtali did not dispossess the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh or the inhabitants of Beth-anath, but lived among the Canaanite, the inhabitants of the land; and the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath became forced labor for them.