Hebrew Interlinear

Joshua 17:12 Interlinear

could Yet the children of Manasseh not drive out the inhabitants of those cities would but the Canaanites dwell in that land

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְלֹ֤אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
2יָֽכְלוּ֙H3201couldto be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
3בְּנֵ֣יH1121Yet the childrena son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
4מְנַשֶּׁ֔הH4519of Manassehmenashsheh, a grandson of jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
5לְהוֹרִ֖ישׁH3423not drive outto occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish
6אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
7הֶֽעָרִ֣יםH5892the inhabitants of those citiesa city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
8הָאֵ֑לֶּהH428these or those
9וַיּ֙וֹאֶל֙H2974wouldproperly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
10הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔יH3669but the Canaanitesa kenaanite or inhabitant of kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the canaanites standing for their neighbors the ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile c
11לָשֶׁ֖בֶתH3427dwellproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
12בָּאָ֥רֶץH776in that landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
13הַזֹּֽאת׃H2063this (often used adverb)

Verse Context

Joshua 17:11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean...
Joshua 17:12 (current) could Yet the children of Manasseh not drive out the inhabitants of those cities would but the Canaanites dwell in that land
Joshua 17:13 were waxen strong Yet it came to pass when the children of Israel that they put...

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