Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Judges 4:23

Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Judges 4:23 - 4:23

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Judges 4:23 - 4:23

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4:1 - 4:1
4:4 - 4:4
4:6 - 4:6
4:8 - 4:8
4:12 - 4:12
4:15 - 4:15
4:17 - 4:17
4:23 - 4:23

“So God subdued at that time Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel; and the hand of the Israelites became heavier and heavier in its pressure upon him, until they had destroyed him.” וְקָשָׁה הָלֹוךְ ... יַד וַתֵּלֶךְ, “the hand ... increased more and more, becoming heavy.” הָלַךְ, used to denote the progress or continual increase of an affair, as in Gen 8:3, etc., is connected with the infinitive absolute, and with the participle of the action concerned. קָשָׁה is the feminine participle of קָשֶׁה, like גָּדֵל in Gen 26:13 (see Ges. §131, 3, Anm. 3). The overthrow of Jabin and his rule did not involve the extermination of the Canaanites generally.