Judges

Judges 1:17

¹⁷Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction.^d So it was called Hormah.^e

Footnotes

d 1:17 Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.
e 1:17 Hormah means destruction.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then the men of Judah	יְהוּדָה֙	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
went	וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ	way·yê·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
with	אֶת־	’eṯ-	Preposition	H854 with
their brothers	אָחִ֔יו	’ā·ḥîw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H251 brother
the Simeonites	שִׁמְע֣וֹן	šim·‘ō·wn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8095 Shimon
attacked	וַיַּכּ֕וּ	way·yak·kū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5221 smite
the Canaanites	הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י	hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3669 trader, merchant
living	יוֹשֵׁ֣ב	yō·wō·šêḇ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
in Zephath	צְפַ֑ת	ṣə·p̄aṯ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6857 Tsephath
and devoted	וַיַּחֲרִ֣ימוּ	way·ya·ḥă·rî·mū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2763 ban, devote, exterminate
So	וַיִּקְרָ֥א	way·yiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
Hormah	חָרְמָֽה׃	ḥā·rə·māh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H2767 Chormah

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.