The Meaning of Judges 1:12 Explained

Judges 1:12

KJV: And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

YLT: and Caleb saith, 'He who smiteth Kirjath-Sepher -- and hath captured it -- then I have given to him Achsah my daughter for a wife.'

Darby: And Caleb said, "He who attacks Kir'iath-se'pher and takes it, I will give him Achsah my daughter as wife."

ASV: And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Judges 1:12?

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WORDS: What do the individual words in Judges 1:12 mean?

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KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Caleb  said,  He that smiteth  Kirjathsepher,  and taketh  it, to him will I give  Achsah  my daughter  to wife. 

What does Judges 1:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 1:1-15 - Renewing The Conquest
The land had been given. There could be no doubt about that. In the ancient covenant which Jehovah had made with Abram, He said: "Unto thy seed have I given this land." See Genesis 15:18. It had also been conquered and divided by lot, as we learn in Joshua 14:1-5. The portion of Judah is specified in Joshua 15:1-63. But notwithstanding all, each tribe had to possess its own, first by the sword, and ultimately by the plow and the spade.
It is not enough to be assured that "we are blessed with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus." We must possess our possessions. By faith, and patience, and daily use, we must appropriate the resources which are stored up in Christ Jesus. See Obadiah 1:17; Ephesians 1:3. Let us not be content with the nether springs of ordinary experience, but let us seek the upper springs that arise hard by the throne of God!
"Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,
As the swift seasons roll!"¦
Till thou at length art free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!" [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 1

1  The acts of Judah and Simeon
4  Adonibezek justly requited
8  Jerusalem taken
10  Hebron taken
11  Othniel has Achsah to wife for taking of Debir
16  The Kenites dwell in Judah
17  Hormah, Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron taken
21  The acts of Benjamin
22  Of the house of Joseph, who take Bethel
30  Of Zebulun
31  Of Asher
33  Of Naphtali
34  Of Dan

What do the individual words in Judges 1:12 mean?

And said Caleb Whoever attacks - - Kirjath Sepher and takes it and I will give to him Acsah my daughter as wife
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר כָּלֵ֔ב אֲשֶׁר־ יַכֶּ֥ה אֶת־ קִרְיַת־ סֵ֖פֶר וּלְכָדָ֑הּ וְנָתַ֥תִּי ל֛וֹ עַכְסָ֥ה בִתִּ֖י לְאִשָּֽׁה

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר  And  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
כָּלֵ֔ב  Caleb 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כָּלֵב 
Sense: the godly son of Jephunneh and the faithful spy who reported the Promised Land favourably and urged its capture.
אֲשֶׁר־  Whoever 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
יַכֶּ֥ה  attacks 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
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.
קִרְיַת־  - 
Parse:
סֵ֖פֶר  Kirjath  Sepher 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: סַנָּה 
Sense: a town in the mountains of Judah to the west of Hebron.
וּלְכָדָ֑הּ  and  takes  it 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: לָכַד  
Sense: to capture, take, seize.
וְנָתַ֥תִּי  and  I  will  give 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
ל֛וֹ  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
עַכְסָ֥ה  Acsah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עַכְסָה  
Sense: the daughter of Caleb and wife of Caleb’s brother Othniel to whom she was given as a reward for capturing Debir.
בִתִּ֖י  my  daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
לְאִשָּֽׁה  as  wife 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.

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