| NASB © | Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Definition | Origin | | Thus Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yis·ra·'el, | 3478 | "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc. | from sarah and el |
| lived | וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ | vai·ye·shev | 3427 | to sit, remain, dwell | a prim. root |
| in the land | בְּאֶ֖רֶץ | be·'e·retz | 776 | earth, land | a prim. root |
| of the Amorites. | הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃ | ha·'e·mo·ri. | 567 | perhaps "mountain dwellers," a Canaanite tribe | from amar |
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KJV Lexicon
Thus Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
dwelt
yashab (yaw-shab')
to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
in the land
'erets (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
of the Amorites
'Emoriy (em-o-ree')
thus, a mountaineer; an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes -- Amorite. |
