Joshua 15:16
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And Caleb said: He that shall smite Cariath-Sepher, and take it, I will give him Axa my daughter to wife.

Judges 1:6,12,13 And Adonibezec fled: and they pursued after him and took him, and cut off his fingers and toes. . . .

Context
Caleb's Portion and Conquest
15And going up from thence he came to the inhabitants of Dabir, which before was called Cariath-Sepher, that is to say, the city of letters. 16And Caleb said: He that shall smite Cariath-Sepher, and take it, I will give him Axa my daughter to wife.17And Othoniel the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Axa his daughter to wife.…
Cross References
Joshua 15:15
And going up from thence he came to the inhabitants of Dabir, which before was called Cariath-Sepher, that is to say, the city of letters.

Joshua 15:17
And Othoniel the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Axa his daughter to wife.

Judges 1:12
And Caleb said: He that shall take Cariath-Sepher, and lay it waste, to him will I give my daughter Axa to wife.

1 Samuel 17:25
And some one of Israel said: Have you seen this man that is come up, for he is come up to defy Israel. And the man that shall slay him, the king will enrich with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and will make his father's house free from tribute in Israel.

Lexicon
And Caleb
כָּלֵ֔ב (kā·lêḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3612: Caleb -- a son of Jephunneh and sent by Moses to spy out the land

said,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“I will give
וְנָתַ֥תִּי (wə·nā·ṯat·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

my daughter
בִתִּ֖י (ḇit·tî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

Acsah
עַכְסָ֥ה (‘aḵ·sāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5915: Achsah -- a daughter of Caleb

in marriage
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (lə·’iš·šāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

to the one who
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

strikes down
יַכֶּ֥ה (yak·keh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike

and captures
וּלְכָדָ֑הּ (ū·lə·ḵā·ḏāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3920: To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere

Kiriath-sepher.”
סֵ֖פֶר (sê·p̄er)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7158: Kiriath-sepher -- 'city of writing', a city in Judah


Additional Translations
And Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to the one who strikes down and captures Kiriath-sepher.”And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjathsepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall take and destroy the city of Letters, and master it, to him will I give my daughter Ascha to wife.

And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjath-sepher and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.

And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter for a wife.

Caleb said, "He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife."

And Caleb saith, 'He who smiteth Kirjath-Sephar, and hath captured it -- I have given to him Achsah my daughter for a wife.'
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