Joshua 15:18 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 15:18

One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And it came to pass, when she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said, What wouldest thou?

KJV

And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

As she came - As she was now departing from the house of her father to go to that of her husband. She moved him - Othniel, to ask of her father a field, one on which she had set her heart, as contiguous to the patrimony already granted. She lighted off her ass - ותצנח vattitsnach, she hastily, suddenly alighted, as if she had forgotten something, or was about to return to her father’s house. Which being perceived by her father, he said, What wouldest thou? What is the matter? What dost thou want?

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֣י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
בְּבוֹאָ֗הּ	be.vo.'Ah	when came she	H935 →
וַתְּסִיתֵ֙הוּ֙	va.te.si.Te.hu	and she incited him	H5496 →
לִשְׁא֤וֹל	lish.'ol	to ask	H7592 →
מֵֽאֵת־	me.'et-	from with	H854 →
אָבִ֙יהָ֙	'a.Vi.ha	father her	H1 →
שָׂדֶ֔ה	sa.Deh	a field	H7704 →
וַתִּצְנַ֖ח	va.titz.Nach	and she went down	H6795 →
מֵעַ֣ל	me.'Al	from on	H5921 →
הַחֲמ֑וֹר	ha.cha.Mor	the donkey	H2543 →
וַיֹּֽאמֶר־	vai.yo.mer-	and he said	H559 →
לָ֥הּ	lah	to <the> her
כָּלֵ֖ב	ka.Lev	Caleb	H3612 →
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
לָּֽךְ׃	Lakh	[is] to <the> you

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk3

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Samuel 25:23
When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
leads to
- Judges 1:14
  One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 20:41
  When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept…
- 1 Samuel 24:8
  After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence