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Judges 12:6 — King James Version← Study notes

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 12:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 12:624 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמְרוּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
ל/וֹ֩lwō
pron
אֱמָרʾĕmār
sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
נָ֨אnāʾ
pleaseparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
שִׁבֹּ֜לֶתšibōlet
ShibbolethnounH7641
channel · ear · flood · Shibboleth. Compare
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
סִבֹּ֗לֶתsibōlet
SibbolethnounH5451
וְ/לֹ֤אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָכִין֙yākiyn
he gave attentionverbH3559
confirm · direct · faithfulness · fashion ···
לְ/דַבֵּ֣רlədabēr
to speakpronH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
כֵּ֔ןkēn
rightparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
וַ/יֹּאחֲז֣וּwayōʾḥăzw
and they seizedconjH270
be affrighted · (catch · lay · take) hold ···
אוֹת֔/וֹʾwōtwō
himparticleH853
וַ/יִּשְׁחָט֖וּ/הוּwayišəḥāṭwhw
and they slaughtered himconjH7819
offer · shoot out · slay · slaughter
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מַעְבְּר֣וֹתmaʿəbərwōt
the fords ofnounH4569
place where...pass · passage
הַ/יַּרְדֵּ֑ןhayarədēn
the JordanparticleH3383
וַ/יִּפֹּ֞לwayipōl
and it fellconjH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
בָּ/עֵ֤תbāʿēt
at the timepronH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
הַ/הִיא֙hahiyʾ
thatparticleH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
מֵֽ/אֶפְרַ֔יִםmēʾepərayim
of EphraimpronH669
Ephraimites
אַרְבָּעִ֥יםʾarəbāʿiym
fortyadjH705
וּ/שְׁנַ֖יִםwšənayim
and twoconjH8147
couple · double · second · twain ···
אָֽלֶףʾālep
thousandadjH505
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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