“But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.”
Judges 20:40 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Judges 20:4015 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הַ/מַּשְׂאֵ֗תwəhamaśəʾēt
and the risingconjH4864
collection · sign of fire · flame · gift ···
הֵחֵ֛לָּהhēḥēlāh
it beganverbH2490
defile · break · defile · eat ···
לַ/עֲל֥וֹתlaʿălwōt
to go uppronH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
מִןmin
frompronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הָ/עִ֖ירhāʿiyr
the cityparticleH5892
city · court · town
עַמּ֣וּדʿamwd
a pillar ofnounH5982
apiece
עָשָׁ֑ןʿāšān
smokenounH6227
וַ/יִּ֤פֶןwayipen
and it turnedconjH6437
at tide · behold · cast out · come on ···
בִּנְיָמִן֙binəyāmin
BenjaminnounH1144
אַחֲרָ֔י/וʾaḥărāyw
behind itpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
וְ/הִנֵּ֛הwəhinēh
and there!conjH2009
lo · see
עָלָ֥הʿālāh
it went upverbH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
כְלִילkəliyl
the entirety ofadjH3632
every whit · flame · perfect · utterly ···
הָ/עִ֖ירhāʿiyr
the cityparticleH5892
city · court · town
הַ/שָּׁמָֽיְמָ/הhašāmāyəmāh
the heavens towardsparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
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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