Judges 14:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.”

Judges 14:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 14:417 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/אָבִ֨י/וwəʾābiyw

fatherconjH1

father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'

וְ/אִמּ֜/וֹwəʾimwō

damconjH517

mother · parting

לֹ֣אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָדְע֗וּyādəʿw

acknowledgeverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

כִּ֤יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

מֵ/יְהוָה֙mēyəhwāh

LORDpronH3068

the Lord. Compare

הִ֔יאhiyʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

כִּיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

תֹאֲנָ֥הtōʾănāh

occasionnounH8385

הֽוּאhwʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

מְבַקֵּ֖שׁməbaqēš

askverbH1245

beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···

מִ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםmipəlišətiym

PhilistinepronH6430

וּ/בָ/עֵ֣תwbāʿēt

waysconjH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

הַ/הִ֔יאhahiyʾ

heparticleH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםpəlišətiym

PhilistinenounH6430

מֹשְׁלִ֥יםmōšəliym

(haveverbH4910

make to have) dominion · governor · indeed · reign ···

בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽלbəyiśərāʾēl

IsraelpronH3478

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.

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