Judges 3:11
"And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

And the land had rest forty years,.... As it should seem from the time of this deliverance; though, according to Ben Gersom and Abarbinel, the eight years' servitude are to

be included in them; and Bishop Usher (r) reckons these forty years from the rest first settled in the land by Joshua; but the former sense seems best: and Othniel the son of Kenaz died: not at the end of the forty years; it is not likely he should live so long, but when he died is not certain; Eusebius (s) says he judged Israel fifty years. (r) Anual. Vet. Test. p. 42. (s) Evangel. Praepar. l. 1O. c. 14. p. 502.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (8 words)

H8252 שָׁקַט
Definition:

10;Jeremiah 46:27, 3feminine singularשָֽׁקְטָהJoshua 11:23+,שָׁקָ֑טָה2 Kings 11:20+; 1 singularשָׁקַ֫טְתִּיJob 3:26,וְשָׁקַטְתִּ֫יEzekiel 16:42;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׁקֹטRuth 3:18; 2feminine 10;Jeremiah 46:27, 3feminine singularשָֽׁקְטָהJoshua 11:23+,שָׁקָ֑טָה2 Kings 11:20+; 1 singularשָׁקַ֫טְתִּיJob 3:26,וְשָׁקַטְתִּ֫יEzekiel 16:42;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׁקֹטRuth 3:18; 2feminine

Possible Meanings:
  • quietness (semantic_range)
H0776 אֶרֶץ
Definition:

11& (seldom)masculineGenesis 13:16earth, land(Phoenician, MIארץ, AssyrianirƒituCOTGloss, Arabic, Sabeanארץֿe.g. Os9DHMZMG 1875, 594, 614; Semitic Sprachf. 12, compare PräBAS i. 374 n., Aramaicאֲרַע,) 11& (seldom)masculineGenesis 13:16earth, land(Phoenician, MIארץ, AssyrianirƒituCOTGloss, Arabic, Sabeanארץֿe.g. Os9DHMZMG 1875, 594, 614; Semitic Sprachf. 12, compare PräBAS i. 374 n., Aramaicאֲרַע,)

H0705 אַרְבָּעִים
Definition:

a.usually apposition before noun, especiallyשָׁנָה,יוֺם(singular):אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָהJudges 3:11;1 Samuel 4:18;Amos 2:10;Amos 5:2529t.;יוֺם׳אGenesis 7:17;1 Kings 19:8;Jonah 3:46t.,יוֺם׳אלַיְלָה׳וְאGene a.usually apposition before noun, especiallyשָׁנָה,יוֺם(singular):אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָהJudges 3:11;1 Samuel 4:18;Amos 2:10;Amos 5:2529t.;יוֺם׳אGenesis 7:17;1 Kings 19:8;Jonah 3:46t.,יוֺם׳אלַיְלָה׳וְאGene

Possible Meanings:
  • forty (semantic_range)
H8141 שָׁנֶה
Definition:

10+; constructשְׁנַתGenesis 41:50+; suffixשְׁנָתוֺEzekiel 46:13+,שְׁנָתָהּLeviticus 14:102t.; dualשְׁנָתַיִםAmos 1:1+,תָ֑יִם-1 Kings 15:25+; pluralשָׁנִיםExodus 21:2+, constructשְׁנֵיGenesis 23:124t., 10+; constructשְׁנַתGenesis 41:50+; suffixשְׁנָתוֺEzekiel 46:13+,שְׁנָתָהּLeviticus 14:102t.; dualשְׁנָתַיִםAmos 1:1+,תָ֑יִם-1 Kings 15:25+; pluralשָׁנִיםExodus 21:2+, constructשְׁנֵיGenesis 23:124t.,

Possible Meanings:
  • year (semantic_range)
H4191 מוּת
Definition:

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill -- X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-manc to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill -- X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-manc

H6274 עָתְנִיאֵל
Definition:

17;Judges 1:13;Judges 3:9,11;1 Chronicles 4:13(twice in verse); name of family1 Chronicles 27:15.Topical LexiconFamily and Tribal ContextOthniel is introduced as “the son of Kenaz, the brother of Cale 17;Judges 1:13;Judges 3:9,11;1 Chronicles 4:13(twice in verse); name of family1 Chronicles 27:15.Topical LexiconFamily and Tribal ContextOthniel is introduced as “the son of Kenaz, the brother of Cale

H1121 בֵּן
Definition:

25+;ֵ˜בּןֿEzekiel 18:10; constructבֵּןGenesis 49:22(twice in verse);בֶּןֿGenesis 5:32+;בֶּןEsther 2:5;Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefixGenesis 17:17;Numbers 8:25;1 Chronicles 27:23; 2Chronicles 25:5; 31:16 25+;ֵ˜בּןֿEzekiel 18:10; constructבֵּןGenesis 49:22(twice in verse);בֶּןֿGenesis 5:32+;בֶּןEsther 2:5;Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefixGenesis 17:17;Numbers 8:25;1 Chronicles 27:23; 2Chronicles 25:5; 31:16

Possible Meanings:
  • son (semantic_range)
  • son (semantic_range)
  • children (semantic_range)
  • youth (semantic_range)
  • young men (semantic_range)
H7073 קְנַז
Definition:

son of EliphazGenesis 36:11=1 Chronicles 1:36;Genesis 36:15compareGenesis 36:42=1 Chronicles 1:53, and father of OthnielJoshua 15:17;Judges 1:13;Judges 3:9,11(see DiGnBu RS 9.Comm.Judges 1:13GFMJudges son of EliphazGenesis 36:11=1 Chronicles 1:36;Genesis 36:15compareGenesis 36:42=1 Chronicles 1:53, and father of OthnielJoshua 15:17;Judges 1:13;Judges 3:9,11(see DiGnBu RS 9.Comm.Judges 1:13GFMJudges

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