What Does Judges 1:14 Mean in the King James?
And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The word “moved” carries the force of inciting action: she sets the request in motion before Caleb asks what she wants.
THE MEANING
A need you carry can enter the open as a request instead of remaining hidden in expectation. Achsah sets the asking in motion, and Caleb’s question gives her desire room to be named.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the assumption that the person who speaks a request is the one who first wanted it: Achsah sets the request in motion before Caleb asks her what she wants.
THE ROOT
תְּסִיתֵהוּ
tesitehu
GROWS FROM
סות
sût
To incite, stir up, or set someone in motion.
The root adds active force to “moved”: she stirs him toward action. Its other branches describe incitement toward different choices, so the root names the impulse while this scene shows where her initiative directs it.
ALSO GROWS
hēsît: Incited, stirred up
הֵסִית
In 2 Samuel 24:1, the same root describes David being moved to number Israel, showing how this verb names an impulse that sets action going.
yesitekha: Entices or incites you
יְסִיתְךָ
Deuteronomy 13:6 uses the root for someone inciting another toward a choice, giving “moved” here the force of active persuasion.
THE PATTERN
A need becomes answerable when it is made explicit and met with an opening to ask.
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.THE THREAD
And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.Judges 1:14 and 2 Samuel 24:1 use the same Hebrew root, סות (sût, “incite” or “stir up”), for setting another person into motion. The root names the force of influence; what follows gives that force its distinct direction.
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