Judges 20:38 — King James Version← Study notes

“Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.”

Judges 20:38 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 20:3812 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/הַ/מּוֹעֵ֗דwəhamwōʿēd

appointed (signconjH4150

time) · (place of · solemn) assembly · congregation ···

הָיָ֛הhāyāh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

לְ/אִ֥ישׁləʾiyš

manpronH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

עִםʿim

accompanyingpronH5973

against · and · as · before ···

הָ/אֹרֵ֑בhāʾōrēb

ambushparticleH693

lay wait

הֶ֕רֶבhereb

abundanceverbH7235

archer (by mistake for

לְ/הַעֲלוֹתָ֛/םləhaʿălwōtām

arisepronH5927

ascend up · at once · break · bring ···

מַשְׂאַ֥תmaśəʾat

burdennounH4864

collection · sign of fire · flame · gift ···

הֶ/עָשָׁ֖ןheʿāšān

smokeparticleH6227

מִןmin

abovepronH4480

after · among · at · because of ···

הָ/עִֽירhāʿiyr

AiparticleH5892

city · court · town

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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