Judges 1:3

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said

  vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

• יְהוּדָה֩Judah

  yehudahH3063 →819 times

• לְשִׁמְע֨וֹןto Simeon

  leshimonH8095 →44 times

• אָחִ֜יוbrother his

  ʾachivH251 →630 times

• עֲלֵ֧הcome up

  ʾalehH5927 →890 times

• אִתִּ֣יwith me

  ʾitiH854 →929 times

• בְגוֹרָלִ֗יin lot my

  vegoraliH1486 →78 times

• וְנִֽלָּחֲמָה֙so let us fight

  venilachamahH3898 →177 times

• בַּֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔יagainst the Canaanite[s]

  bakenaaniH3669 →73 times

• וְהָלַכְתִּ֧יand I will go

  vehalakhtiH1980 →1546 times

• גַם־also

  gam-H1571 →769 times

• אֲנִ֛יI

  ʾaniH589 →874 times

• אִתְּךָ֖with you

  ʾitekhaH854 →929 times

• בְּגוֹרָלֶ֑ךָin lot your

  begoralekhaH1486 →78 times

• וַיֵּ֥לֶךְand he went

  vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times

• אִתּ֖וֹwith him

  ʾitoH854 →929 times

• שִׁמְעֽוֹן׃Simeon

  shimonH8095 →44 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Judges 1:17

  Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah.

  it leads to

  • Numbers 21:3

    And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.

• Through

  Genesis 29:33

  Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.

  it leads to

  • Genesis 34:25

    Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.

  • Genesis 42:24

    And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.

  • Genesis 35:23

    The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

  • Genesis 30:8

    Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.

  • Genesis 49:5–6

    Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.

• Through

  2 Samuel 10:11

  “If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.

  it leads to

  • Galatians 6:2

    Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

• Through

  Joshua 19:1

  The second lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Simeon:

  it leads to

  • Joshua 19:9

    The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the territory of Judah, because the share for Judah’s descendants was too large for them. So the Simeonites received an inheritance within Judah’s portion.