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onlyרַקso thatלְמַעַןthe generationsדֹּרוֹתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלmight know,דַּעַתto teach themלְלַמְּדָםwar,מִלְחָמָהonlyרַקthose whoאֲשֶׁרbeforeלְפָנִיםhad notלֹאknown them:יְדָעוּם
Judges 3:2
Study it in the app“only so that the generations of the sons of Israel might know, to teach them war, only those who before had not known them:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 3:2, word by word
- the generationsדֹּרוֹתdorot
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dorot” appears- of 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- might knowדַּעַתdaat
knowledge
What one has learned; or a close bond with God.
Where else “daat” appears- to teach themלַמְּדָlamda
teach
To instruct another with words or example, so that he learns.
Where else “lamda” appears- warמִלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- beforeפָנִיםfanim
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanim” appears- known themיְדָעוּyedau
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yedau” appears
The context
1These are the nations that YHWH left to test Israel by them, all who had not known any of the wars of Canaan,
2 · This verse (above)
3the five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanite, the Sidonian, and the Hivite who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon as far as the entrance of Hamath.