Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThen the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah. Young's Literal Translation and the Amorite who is dwelling in that hill-country cometh out to meet you, and they pursue you as the bees do, and smite you in Seir—unto Hormah. King James Bible And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, [even] unto Hormah. Hebrew Then the Amoritesהָאֱמֹרִ֜י (hā·’ĕ·mō·rî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 567: Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe who lived הַיֹּשֵׁ֨ב (hay·yō·šêḇ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in הַהוּא֙ (ha·hū) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are the hills בָּהָ֤ר (bā·hār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country came out וַיֵּצֵ֨א (way·yê·ṣê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim against you לִקְרַאתְכֶ֔ם (liq·raṯ·ḵem) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 7125: Against he come, help, meet, seek, to, in the way and chased וַיִּרְדְּפ֣וּ (way·yir·də·p̄ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute you like כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that a swarm of bees. הַדְּבֹרִ֑ים (had·də·ḇō·rîm) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1682: The bee They routed וַֽיַּכְּת֥וּ (way·yak·kə·ṯū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3807: To bruise, violently strike you from Seir בְּשֵׂעִ֖יר (bə·śê·‘îr) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 8165: Seir -- a mountain range in Edom, also its inhabitants, also a mountain in Judah all the way עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while to Hormah. חָרְמָֽה׃ (ḥā·rə·māh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 2767: Hormah -- 'asylum', a place in Simeon |
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