Judges 1:1

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Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”

In other translations

Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”

Hebrew words

וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961אַחֲרֵי'achareiafterH310מוֹתmot[the] death ofH4194יְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua'JoshuaH3091וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּvaiyish'aluand they enquiredH7592בְּנֵיbenei[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478בַּיהוָהbayahwehby YahwehH3068לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559מִיmiwho?H4310יַעֲלֶה־ya'aleh-will he go upH5927לָּנוּlanufor <the> usאֶל־'el-againstH413הַכְּנַעֲנִיhakena'anithe Canaanite[s]H3669בַּתְּחִלָּהbatechilahat the firstH8462לְהִלָּחֶםlehilachemto engage in battleH3898בּוֹ׃boagainst <the> him

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.

People and places

People: Jacob, Joshua

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