Judges Chapter 1 verse 15 Holy Bible
And she said unto him, Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.
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And she said to him, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in a dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So Caleb gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.
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She said to him, "Give me a present; since you have set me in the land of the Negeb, give me also springs of water." And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
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And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.
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And she said to him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
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She said to him, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
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And she saith to him, `Give to me a blessing; when the south land thou hast given me -- then thou hast given to me springs of water; and Caleb giveth to her the upper springs and the lower springs.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) A blessing--i.e., "a present" (Genesis 33:11).A south land.--The word also means "a dry and barren land" (Psalm 126:4). The LXX. read "hast given me (in marriage) into a south land."Springs of water.--In thus asking for the fertile land which lay at the foot of the mountain slope, she showed herself at once more provident and less bashful than her husband.The upper springs and the nether springs.--The word here rendered "springs" is gulloth, i.e., "bubblings." Probably the district for which she asked was called "the upper Gulloth" and "the lower Gulloth," just as we have "the upper and the nether Beth-horon" (Beit-ur el-foka and el-tahti). The addition of "the deep green glen" to the arid mountain tract of Debir enormously increased the value of her portion. "The source of this incident," says Dean Stanley, "was first discovered by Dr. Rosen. . . . The word gulloth well applies to this beautiful rivulet. The spots are now called Ain-Nunk-r and Dewir-ban, about one hour south-west of Hebron. Underneath the hill on which Debir stood is a deep valley, rich with verdure from a copious rivulet, which, rising at the crest of the glen, falls with a continuity unusual in Judean hills down to its lowest depth" (Jewish Church, ii. 264, and Sin. Palest., p. 165. Mr. Wilton, in his Negeb, p. 16, identifies it with Kurnuil). Othniel had a son, Hathath (1Chronicles 4:13), and his posterity continued to late times (Judith 6:15). . . . Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrew“Giveהָֽבָה־ (hā·ḇāh-)Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singularStrong's 3051: To give, to put, imperatively, comeme a blessing,”בְרָכָ֗ה (ḇə·rā·ḵāh)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 1293: Benediction, prosperityshe answered.וַתֹּ֨אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 559: To utter, say“Sinceכִּ֣י (kî)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionyou have given meנְתַתָּ֔נִי (nə·ṯat·tā·nî)Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singularStrong's 5414: To give, put, setlandאֶ֤רֶץ (’e·reṣ)Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 776: Earth, landin the Negev,הַנֶּ֙גֶב֙ (han·ne·ḡeḇ)Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 5045: South country, the Negeb, southgiveוְנָתַתָּ֥ה (wə·nā·ṯat·tāh)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 5414: To give, put, setmeלִ֖י (lî)Preposition | first person common singularStrong's Hebrew springsגֻּלֹּ֣ת (gul·lōṯ)Noun - feminine plural constructStrong's 1543: A fountain, bowl, globeof water [as well].”מָ֑יִם (mā·yim)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semenSo Calebכָּלֵ֗ב (kā·lêḇ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3612: Caleb -- a son of Jephunneh and sent by Moses to spy out the landgaveוַיִּתֶּן־ (way·yit·ten-)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 5414: To give, put, sether both the upperעִלִּ֔ית (‘il·lîṯ)Adjective - feminine singular constructStrong's 5942: High, comparativeand lowerתַּחְתִּֽית׃ (taḥ·tîṯ)Adjective - feminine singularStrong's 8482: Lowermost, the depthssprings.גֻּלֹּ֣ת (gul·lōṯ)Noun - feminine plural constructStrong's 1543: A fountain, bowl, globeJump to PreviousBlessing Caleb Dry Higher Lower Negeb Negev Nether Present South Southland South-Land Special Spring Springs Upper Water
