KJV: And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
YLT: And the Amorites press the sons of Dan to the mountain, for they have not suffered them to go down to the valley;
Darby: The Amorites pressed the Danites back into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the plain;
ASV: And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill-country; for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley;
וַיִּלְחֲצ֧וּ | And forced |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: לָחַץ Sense: to squeeze, press, oppress. |
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הָאֱמֹרִ֛י | the Amorites |
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֱמֹרִי Sense: one of the peoples of east Canaan and beyond the Jordan, dispossessed by the Israelite incursion from Egypt. |
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אֶת־ | - |
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative. |
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בְּנֵי־ | the sons |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group. |
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דָ֖ן | of Dan |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּן Sense: the 5th son of Jacob, the st of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid. |
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הָהָ֑רָה | into the mountains |
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular, third person feminine singular Root: הַר Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount. |
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נְתָנ֖וֹ | they would allow them |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular Root: יָתַן Sense: to give, put, set. |
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לָרֶ֥דֶת | to come down |
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: יָרַד Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down. |
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לָעֵֽמֶק | to the valley |
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עֵמֶק Sense: valley, vale, lowland, open country. |