17. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 1:17:1 ⧉וַיֵּ֤לֶךְvayelekhand he went Judges 1:17:2 ⧉יְהוּדָה֙yehudaJudah Judges 1:17:3 ⧉אֶת־שִׁמְע֣וֹןetshimeonSimeon {direct object marker} Judges 1:17:4 ⧉אָחִ֔יוakhivhis brother Judges 1:17:5 ⧉וַיַּכּ֕וּvayakkuand they struck Judges 1:17:6 ⧉אֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖יethakenaanithe Canaanite {direct object marker} Judges 1:17:7 ⧉יוֹשֵׁ֣בyoshevdwelling Judges 1:17:8 ⧉צְפַ֑תtsefatZephath Judges 1:17:9 ⧉וַיַּחֲרִ֣ימוּvayakharimuand they devoted to destruction Judges 1:17:10 ⧉אוֹתָ֔הּotahit Judges 1:17:11 ⧉וַיִּקְרָ֥אvayikraand he called Judges 1:17:12 ⧉אֶת־שֵׁם־הָעִ֖ירetshemhairthe name of the city {direct object marker} Judges 1:17:13 ⧉חָרְמָֽה׃kharmaHormah |
17. Formal Translation And Judah and his brother Simeon struck the Canaanite dwelling in Zephath; they devoted the city to the ban, and they called it Hormah. |
17. Dynamic Translation Judah and his brother Simeon attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath and wiped out the city, which was then called Hormah. |