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Judges 20:3 — King James Version← Study notes

(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?


Judges 20:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 20:316 words
HebrewMeaning
וַֽ/יִּשְׁמְעוּ֙wayišəməʿw
call togetherconjH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
בְּנֵ֣יbənēy
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
בִנְיָמִ֔ןbinəyāmin
BenjaminnounH1144
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
עָל֥וּʿālw
ariseverbH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
בְנֵֽיbənēy
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
הַ/מִּצְפָּ֑הhamiṣəpāh
Mitspah. (This seems rather to be only an orthographic variation ofparticleH4709
וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙wayōʾmərw
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
בְּנֵ֣יbənēy
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
דַּבְּר֕וּdabərw
answerverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֵיכָ֥הʾēykāh
howparticleH349
what
נִהְיְתָ֖הnihəyətāh
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
הָ/רָעָ֥הhārāʿāh
adversityparticleH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
הַ/זֹּֽאתhazōʾt
hereby (-inparticleH2063
-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···
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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