Judges 20:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.”

Judges 20:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 20:1618 words

HebrewMeaning

מִ/כֹּ֣לmikōl

all (mannerpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הָ/עָ֣םhāʿām

peopleparticleH5971

men · nation · people

הַ/זֶּ֗הhazeh

heparticleH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

שְׁבַ֤עšəbaʿ

sevenadjH7651

-s · (-teen · -teenth) · -th ···

מֵאוֹת֙mēʾwōt

hundredadjH3967

-th) · sixscore

אִ֣ישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

בָּח֔וּרbāḥwr

acceptableverbH977

appoint · choose · excellent · join ···

אִטֵּ֖רʾiṭēr

left-handedadjH334

יַדyad

handnounH3027

about · armholes · at · axletree ···

יְמִינ֑/וֹyəmiynwō

right (handnounH3225

left-handed · side) · south

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

זֶ֗הzeh

heprepH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

קֹלֵ֧עַqōlēʿa

carveverbH7049

sling

בָּ/אֶ֛בֶןbāʾeben

(chalk-pronH68

carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

הַֽ/שַּׂעֲרָ֖הhaśaʿărāh

hairparticleH8185

וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יַחֲטִֽאyaḥăṭiʾ

bear the blameverbH2398

cleanse · commit · by fault · harm he hath done ···

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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