Study it in the app“When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them captive.”
When the Canaanite,וַ הַכְּנַעֲנִיthe kingמֶלֶךְof Arad,עֲרָדwho livedיֹשֵׁבin the Negev,הַנֶּגֶבheardיִּשְׁמַעthatכִּיIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלwas comingבָּאby the wayדֶּרֶךְof Atharim,הָאֲתָרִיםhe foughtוַיִּלָּחֶםagainst Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵלand tookוַיִּשְׁבְּsome of themמִמֶּנּוּcaptive.שֶׁבִי
Canaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsArad
Arad, a Canaanite city in the Negev; also the name of a man. The name means "fugitive."
Where else “arad” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appearsNegev
The dry land in the south of Israel.
Where else “negev” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishma” appearsIsrael
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” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearsAtharim
Atharim, a place or road near the Negev. The lexicon explains the name as "places."
Where else “atarim” appearsfight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “yilachem” appearstake captive
Take captive, carry off as prisoners in war.
Where else “yishb” appearscaptive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevi” appears1 · This verse (above)
2And Israel vowed a vow to YHWH and said, “If you will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will devote to destruction their cities.”
