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Afterwardוְאַחַרthe sonsבְּנֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהwent downיָרְדוּto fightלְהִלָּחֵםagainst the Canaaniteבַּכְּנַעֲנִיwho livedיוֹשֵׁבin the hill country,הָהָרin the Negev,וְהַנֶּגֶבand in the Shephelah.וְהַשְּׁפֵלָה
Judges 1:9
Study it in the app“Afterward the sons of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanite who lived in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the Shephelah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 1:9, word by word
- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- went downיָרְדוּyardu
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yardu” appears- to fightהִלָּחֵםhilachem
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “hilachem” appears- against the Canaaniteכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani
Canaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appears- who livedיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- in the hill countryהָרhar
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appears- in the Negevנֶּגֶבnegev
Negev
The dry land in the south of Israel.
Where else “negev” appears- and in the Shephelahשְּׁפֵלָהshefela
lowland, Shephelah
Shephelah, the lowland: the zone of low hills between the hill country of Judah and the coast.
Where else “shefela” appears
The context
8The sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it, and they struck it with the edge of the sword, and the city they gave over to fire.
9 · This verse (above)
10Judah went against the Canaanite who lived in Hebron (the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba), and they struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.