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Judges 11:9 — King James Version← Study notes

And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the Lord deliver them before me, shall I be your head?


Judges 11:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 11:920 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יִפְתָּ֜חyipətāḥ
JephthahnounH3316
Jiphtah
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
זִקְנֵ֣יziqənēy
agedadjH2205
ancient · elder · old (man · men and...women) ···
גִלְעָ֗דgiləʿād
GileadnounH1568
Gileadite
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
מְשִׁיבִ֨יםməšiybiym
((breakverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אַתֶּ֤םʾatem
theeprepH859
thou · ye · you
אוֹתִ/י֙ʾwōtiy
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
לְ/הִלָּחֵם֙ləhilāḥēm
devourpronH3898
eat · ever · fight · overcome ···
בִּ/בְנֵ֣יbibənēy
sonpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
עַמּ֔וֹןʿamwōn
AmmonnounH5983
Ammonites
וְ/נָתַ֧ןwənātan
addconjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
יְהוָ֛הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אוֹתָ֖/םʾwōtām
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
לְ/פָנָ֑/יləpānāy
a- forepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
אָנֹכִ֕יʾānōkiy
IprepH595
me · which
אֶהְיֶ֥הʾehəyeh
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לָ/כֶ֖םlākem
pron
לְ/רֹֽאשׁlərōʾš
bandpronH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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