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And the sonsוַ בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלagainיֹּסִפוּdidלַעֲשׂוֹתwhat was evilהָרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהand YHWHוַ יְהוָהgave themיִּתְּנֵםinto the handבְּיַדof the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםfortyאַרְבָּעִיםyears.שָׁנָה
Judges 13:1
Study it in the app“And the sons of Israel again did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and YHWH gave them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 13:1, word by word
- And the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of 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- againיֹּסִפוּyosifu
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yosifu” appears- didעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- what was evilרַעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- gave themיִּתְּנֵyitne
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “yitne” appears- into the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim
Philistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appears- fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2There was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah. His wife was barren and had not borne children.