But the Amorites
'Emoriy (em-o-ree')
thus, a mountaineer; an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes -- Amorite.
would
ya'al (yaw-al')
to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition -- assay, begin, be content, please, take upon, willingly, would.
dwell
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 mount
har (har)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) -- hill (country), mount(-ain), promotion.
Heres
Cherec (kheh'-res)
shining; Cheres, a mountain in Palestine -- Heres.
in Aijalon
'Ayalown (ah-yaw-lone')
deer-field; Ajalon, the name of five places in Palestine -- Aijalon, Ajalon.
and in Shaalbim
Sha`albiym (shah-al-beem')
fox-holes; Shaalbim or Shaalabbin, a place in Palestine -- Shaalabbin, Shaalbim.
yet the hand
yad (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
of the house
bayith (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of Joseph
Yowceph (yo-safe')
let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites -- Joseph.
prevailed
kabad (kaw-bad')
to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weightybe rich, be (go) sore, stop.
so that they became tributaries
mac (mas)
a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor -- discomfited, levy, task(-master), tribute(-tary).
