Joshua 15:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.”

Joshua 15:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Joshua 15:1712 words

HebrewMeaning

וַֽ/יִּלְכְּדָ֛/הּwayiləkədāh

catchconjH3920

at all · be frozen · be holden · stick together ···

עָתְנִיאֵ֥לʿātəniyʾēl

OthnielnounH6274

בֶּןben

sonnounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

קְנַ֖זqənaz

KenaznounH7073

אֲחִ֣יʾăḥiy

brothernounH251

brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'

כָלֵ֑בkālēb

CalebnounH3612

וַ/יִּתֶּןwayiten

addconjH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

ל֛/וֹlwō

pron

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

עַכְסָ֥הʿakəsāh

AchsahnounH5915

בִתּ֖/וֹbitwō

applenounH1323

branch · company · daughter · first ···

לְ/אִשָּֽׁהləʾišāh

womanpronH802

each · every · female · many ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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