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Judges 16:21 — King James Version← Study notes

But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.


Judges 16:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 16:2115 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאחֲז֣וּ/הוּwayōʾḥăzwhw
barconjH270
be affrighted · (catch · lay · take) hold ···
פְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpəlišətiym
PhilistinenounH6430
וַֽ/יְנַקְּר֖וּwayənaqərw
digconjH5365
pick out · pierce · put out
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עֵינָ֑י/וʿēynāyw
eyenounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
וַ/יּוֹרִ֨ידוּwaywōriydw
bring downconjH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
אוֹת֜/וֹʾwōtwō
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עַזָּ֗תָ/הʿazātāh
AzzahnounH5804
Gaza
וַ/יַּאַסְר֨וּ/הוּ֙wayaʾasərwhw
bindconjH631
fast · gird · harness · hold ···
בַּֽ/נְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִםbanəḥušətayim
brasenpronH5178
brass · chain · copper · fetter ···
וַ/יְהִ֥יwayəhiy
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
טוֹחֵ֖ןṭwōḥēn
grindverbH2912
בְּ/בֵ֥יתbəbēyt
housepronH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
ה/אסיריםhʾsyrym
boundparticleH615
prisoner
הָ/אֲסוּרִֽיםhāʾăswriym
bindparticleH631
fast · gird · harness · hold ···
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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