King James Version

Judges 1:20

And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.

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וַיִּתְּנ֤וּvayitnvand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and give”, the next action in the storyH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לְכָלֵב֙lekhalevto Calebכָּלֵבpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Caleb”H3612Caleb, the name of three IsraelitesCaleb.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).חֶבְר֔וֹןchevronHebronחֶבְרוֹןnoun, proper name — “Hebron”H2275Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two IsraelitesHebron.כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֖רkaasheras becauseאֲשֶׁרpreposition, particle, relative — “as because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…דִּבֶּ֣רdiberspeakדָבַרverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “speak”, a completed actionH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.מֹשֶׁ֑הmoshehMosesמֹשֶׁהnoun, proper name — “Moses”H4872Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiverMoses.וַיּ֣וֹרֶשׁvayoreshand expelיָרַשׁconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and expel”, the next action in the storyH3423to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruincast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, [idiom] without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) [phrase] magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have)…מִשָּׁ֔םmishamfrom thereשָׁםpreposition, adverb — “from there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).שְׁלֹשָׁ֖הsheloshahthirdשָׁלוֹשׁadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “third”, the ordinary formH7969three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice[phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).בְּנֵ֥יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […הָעֲנָֽקhaanaqthe Anakעָנָקdefinite article, noun, proper name — “the Anak”H6061Anak, a CanaaniteAnak.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken; and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they give to Caleb Hebron, as Moses hath spoken, and he dispossesseth thence the three sons of Anak.

World English Bible

They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove the three sons of Anak out of there.

Darby Translation

And they gave to Caleb Hebron, as Moses had said; and he dispossessed from thence the three sons of Anak.

Douay-Rheims

And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, who destroyed out of it the three sons of Enac.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken; and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they gave Chebron to Chaleb, as Moses said; and thence he inherited the three cities of the children of Enac.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔδωκαν τῷ Χάλεβ τὴν Χεβρὼν, καθὼς ἐλάλησε Μωυσῆς· καὶ ἐκληρονόμησεν ἐκεῖθεν τὰς τρεῖς πόλεις τῶν υἱῶν Ἐνάκ.