The Meaning of Judges 15:9 Explained

Judges 15:9

KJV: Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

YLT: And the Philistines go up, and encamp in Judah, and are spread out in Lehi,

Darby: Then the Philistines came up and encamped in Judah, and made a raid on Lehi.

ASV: Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Judges 15:9?

MEANING: What does Judges 15:9 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Judges 15:9 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Judges 15:9?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then the Philistines  went up,  and pitched  in Judah,  and spread  themselves in Lehi. 

What does Judges 15:9 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 15:9-20 - Mighty Against The Foe
To how low a depth had the men of Judah descended, that they should hand over their champion to their hereditary foes? The northern tribes that arose at the call of Gideon rebuked such cowardly treachery. There are things worse than defeat or death. To forfeit honor, to shirk duty, to fail in the supreme call of friendship and loyalty-these are the crimes that belittle the soul and court disgrace. What shall it profit, though we gain the whole world, if we lose our souls?
How inspiring is the thought that on us also the Spirit of the Lord may come mightily! There is no limit to his gracious and irresistible operations, save that imposed by the narrowness of our faith. Notice how the Apostle piles up his words in Ephesians 1:19. Whatever the cords of evil habits, woven through long years, and however entangling your circumstances, God's indwelling power can set you free. Yes, and that is not all: At the place where you have won your victories, there shall arise that fountain of water which is fed from the throne of God; and the soul, exhausted by its effort, shall drink and be revived. Lord, cause us so to drink! [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 15

1  Samson is denied his wife
3  He burns the Philistines' corn with foxes and firebrands
6  His wife and her father are burnt by the Philistines
8  Samson smites them hip and thigh
9  He is bound by the men of Judah, and delivered to the Philistines
14  He kills them with a jawbone
18  God makes the fountain En-hakkore for him in Lehi

What do the individual words in Judges 15:9 mean?

And went up the Philistines and encamped in Judah and deployed themselves against Lehi
וַיַּעֲל֣וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בִּיהוּדָ֑ה וַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּ בַּלֶּֽחִי

וַיַּעֲל֣וּ  And  went  up 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים  the  Philistines 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: פְּלִשְׁתִּי  
Sense: an inhabitant of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor (Crete?) to the western seacoast of Canaan.
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ  and  encamped 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: חָנָה  
Sense: to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against.
בִּיהוּדָ֑ה  in  Judah 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
וַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּ  and  deployed  themselves 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָטַשׁ  
Sense: to leave, permit, forsake, cast off or away, reject, suffer, join, spread out or abroad, be loosed, cease, abandon, quit, hang loose, cast down, make a raid, lie fallow, let fall, forgo, draw.
בַּלֶּֽחִי  against  Lehi 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: לְחִי  
Sense: a place in Judah which must have been in the Shephelah, near the border of the hill-country of Judah; site uncertain.

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