“Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.”
Judges 12:6 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Judges 12:624 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמְרוּwayōʾmərw
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
ל/וֹ֩lwō
pron
אֱמָרʾĕmār
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
נָ֨אnāʾ
I beseech theeparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
שִׁבֹּ֜לֶתšibōlet
branchnounH7641
channel · ear · flood · Shibboleth. Compare
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
סִבֹּ֗לֶתsibōlet
SibbolethnounH5451
וְ/לֹ֤אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָכִין֙yākiyn
certainverbH3559
confirm · direct · faithfulness · fashion ···
לְ/דַבֵּ֣רlədabēr
answerpronH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
כֵּ֔ןkēn
-wardparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
וַ/יֹּאחֲז֣וּwayōʾḥăzw
barconjH270
be affrighted · (catch · lay · take) hold ···
אוֹת֔/וֹʾwōtwō
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
וַ/יִּשְׁחָט֖וּ/הוּwayišəḥāṭwhw
killconjH7819
offer · shoot out · slay · slaughter
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מַעְבְּר֣וֹתmaʿəbərwōt
fordnounH4569
place where...pass · passage
הַ/יַּרְדֵּ֑ןhayarədēn
JordanparticleH3383
וַ/יִּפֹּ֞לwayipōl
be acceptedconjH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
בָּ/עֵ֤תbāʿēt
wayspronH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
הַ/הִיא֙hahiyʾ
heparticleH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
מֵֽ/אֶפְרַ֔יִםmēʾepərayim
EphraimpronH669
Ephraimites
אַרְבָּעִ֥יםʾarəbāʿiym
-fortyadjH705
וּ/שְׁנַ֖יִםwšənayim
bothconjH8147
couple · double · second · twain ···
אָֽלֶףʾālep
thousandadjH505
ℹWords 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.