And there was noוְאֵיןdeliverer,מַצִּילforכִּיitהִיאwas farרְחוֹקָהfrom Sidon,מִצִּידוֹןand they had noוְ אֵין לָהֶםdealingsדָבָרwithעִםanyone.אָדָםItוְהִיאwas in the valleyבָּעֵמֶקthatאֲשֶׁרbelongs to Beth-rehob.לְבֵית רְחוֹבAnd they builtוַיִּבְנוּthe cityאֶת הָעִירand livedוַיֵּשְׁבוּin it.בָהּ
Judges 18:28
Study it in the app“And there was no deliverer, for it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone. It was in the valley that belongs to Beth-rehob. And they built the city and lived in it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 18:28, word by word
- delivererמַצִּילmatsil
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “matsil” appears- was farרְחוֹקָהrechoka
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rechoka” appears- from Sidonצִּידוֹןtsidon
Sidon
See it on the mapWhere else “tsidon” appears- dealingsדָבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- anyoneאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- was in the valleyעֵמֶקemek
valley
Valley, broad low plain.
Where else “emek” appears- belongs to Beth-rehobבֵיתvet
Beth-rehob
Beth-rehob, a place in the far north of the land, near Dan. The name means "house of the open square" or "wide house."
Where else “vet” appears- And they builtיִּבְנוּyivnu
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “yivnu” appears- the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- and livedיֵּשְׁבוּyeshvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” 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
27And they took what Micah had made, and the priest who had been his, and came upon Laish, upon a people at rest and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword, and the city they burned with fire.
28 · This verse (above)
29And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; but Laish was the name of the city formerly.