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Judges 20:37 — King James Version← Study notes

And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.


Judges 20:37Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 20:3713 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הָ/אֹרֵ֣בwəhāʾōrēb
ambushconjH693
lay wait
הֵחִ֔ישׁוּhēḥiyšw
hasteverbH2363
ready
וַֽ/יִּפְשְׁט֖וּwayipəšəṭw
fall uponconjH6584
flay · invade · make an invasion · pull off ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/גִּבְעָ֑הhagibəʿāh
GibeahparticleH1390
the hill
וַ/יִּמְשֹׁךְ֙wayiməšōkə
draw (alongconjH4900
out) · continue · defer · extend ···
הָ/אֹרֵ֔בhāʾōrēb
ambushparticleH693
lay wait
וַ/יַּ֥ךְwayakə
beatconjH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ/עִ֖ירhāʿiyr
AiparticleH5892
city · court · town
לְ/פִיləpiy
mouthpronH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
חָֽרֶבḥāreb
axenounH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
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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