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And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. (KJV)
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וַֽיִּלְכְּדָהּ֙vai.yil.ke.Dahand he captured it
Lemma: לָכַד (la.khad) · Strong's: H3920
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to capture
Used 121 times. Also: Numbers 21:32, Numbers 32:39, Numbers 32:41, Numbers 32:42, Deuteronomy 2:34, Deuteronomy 2:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3920; TAHOT Judges 1:13 word 1
עָתְנִיאֵ֣ל'a.te.ni.'ElOthniel
Lemma: עׇתְנִיאֵל (ot.ni.el) · Strong's: H6274
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Othniel
Used 7 times. Also: Joshua 15:17, Judges 3:9, Judges 3:11, 1 Chronicles 4:13, 1 Chronicles 27:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6274; TAHOT Judges 1:13 word 2
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Judges 1:13 word 3
קְנַ֔זke.NazKenaz
Lemma: קְנַז (qe.naz) · Strong's: H7073I
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Kenaz
Used 5 times. Also: Joshua 15:17, Judges 3:9, Judges 3:11, 1 Chronicles 4:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7073I; TAHOT Judges 1:13 word 4
אֲחִ֥י'a.Chi[the] brother of
Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: brother: male-sibling
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 4:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0251G; TAHOT Judges 1:13 word 5
כָלֵ֖בkha.LevCaleb
Lemma: כָּלֵב (ka.lev) · Strong's: H3612G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Caleb
Used 28 times. Also: Numbers 13:6, Numbers 13:30, Numbers 14:6, Numbers 14:24, Numbers 14:30, Numbers 14:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3612G; TAHOT Judges 1:13 word 6
הַקָּטֹ֣ןha.ka.Ton<the> young
Lemma: קָטֹן (qa.ton) · Strong's: H6996H
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: small: young
Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 42:13, Genesis 42:15, Genesis 42:20, Genesis 42:32, Genesis 42:34, Genesis 43:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6996H; TAHOT Judges 1:13 word 7
מִמֶּ֑נּוּmi.Me.numore than him
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Judges 1:13 word 8
וַיִּתֶּן\־vai.yi.ten-and he gave
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414O
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to give: give(marriage)
Used 45 times. Also: Genesis 29:26, Genesis 29:27, Genesis 29:28, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 34:9, Genesis 34:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414O; TAHOT Judges 1:13 word 9
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Judges 1:13 word 10
עַכְסָ֥ה'akh.SahAchsah
Lemma: עַכְסָה (akh.sah) · Strong's: H5915G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Achsah
Used 4 times. Also: Joshua 15:16, Joshua 15:17, Judges 1:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5915G; TAHOT Judges 1:13 word 11
בִתּ֖וֹvi.Todaughter his
Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: daughter
Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT Judges 1:13 word 12
לְאִשָּֽׁה\׃le.'i.Shahto a wife
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: woman: wife
Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Judges 1:13 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So Othniel | → | עׇתְנִיאֵל H6274 Othniel |
| son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of Caleb’s | → | כָּלֵב H3612G Caleb |
| younger | → | קָטֹן H6996H small: young |
| . . . | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| brother | → | אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling |
| Kenaz | → | קְנַז H7073I Kenaz |
| captured [the city] | → | לָכַד H3920 to capture |
| and [Caleb] gave | → | נָתַן H5414O to give: give(marriage) |
| his daughter | → | בַּת H1323G daughter |
| Acsah | → | עַכְסָה H5915G Achsah |
| to him | → | |
| in marriage | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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