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These areוְאֵלֶּהthe nationsהַגּוֹיִםthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהleftהִנִּיחַto testלְנַסּוֹתIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלby them,בָּםallאֵת כָּלwhoאֲשֶׁרhad notלֹאknownיָדְעוּanyאֵת כָּלof the warsמִלְחֲמוֹתof Canaan,כְּנָעַן
Judges 3:1
Study it in the app“These are the nations that YHWH left to test Israel by them, all who had not known any of the wars of Canaan,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 3:1, word by word
- the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- 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- leftהִנִּיחַhiniach
leave
To leave something where it is and not take it away; not to hinder.
Where else “hiniach” appears- to testנַסּוֹתnasot
test
To put someone in a situation to see how he responds and what is within him.
Where else “nasot” appears- 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- knownיָדְעוּyadu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadu” appears- of the warsמִלְחֲמוֹתmilchamot
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchamot” appears- of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears
Places in this verse
Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2only so that the generations of the sons of Israel might know, to teach them war, only those who before had not known them: