Deuteronomy 1:44
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.

Young's Literal Translation
and the Amorite who is dwelling in that hill-country cometh out to meet you, and they pursue you as the bees do, and smite you in Seir—unto Hormah.

King James Bible
And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, [even] unto Hormah.

Hebrew
Then the Amorites
הָאֱמֹרִ֜י (hā·’ĕ·mō·rî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 567: Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe

who lived
הַיֹּשֵׁ֨ב (hay·yō·šêḇ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in
הַהוּא֙ (ha·hū)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

the hills
בָּהָ֤ר (bā·hār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

came out
וַיֵּצֵ֨א (way·yê·ṣê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

against you
לִקְרַאתְכֶ֔ם (liq·raṯ·ḵem)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 7125: Against he come, help, meet, seek, to, in the way

and chased
וַיִּרְדְּפ֣וּ (way·yir·də·p̄ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

you like
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

a swarm of bees.
הַדְּבֹרִ֑ים (had·də·ḇō·rîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1682: The bee

They routed
וַֽיַּכְּת֥וּ (way·yak·kə·ṯū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3807: To bruise, violently strike

you from Seir
בְּשֵׂעִ֖יר (bə·śê·‘îr)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8165: Seir -- a mountain range in Edom, also its inhabitants, also a mountain in Judah

all the way
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

to Hormah.
חָרְמָֽה׃ (ḥā·rə·māh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 2767: Hormah -- 'asylum', a place in Simeon

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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