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Judges 20:40 — King James Version← Study notes

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 20:40Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 20:4015 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הַ/מַּשְׂאֵ֗תwəhamaśəʾēt
burdenconjH4864
collection · sign of fire · flame · gift ···
הֵחֵ֛לָּהhēḥēlāh
beginverbH2490
defile · break · defile · eat ···
לַ/עֲל֥וֹתlaʿălwōt
arisepronH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
מִןmin
abovepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הָ/עִ֖ירhāʿiyr
AiparticleH5892
city · court · town
עַמּ֣וּדʿamwd
pillarnounH5982
apiece
עָשָׁ֑ןʿāšān
smokenounH6227
וַ/יִּ֤פֶןwayipen
appearconjH6437
at tide · behold · cast out · come on ···
בִּנְיָמִן֙binəyāmin
BenjaminnounH1144
אַחֲרָ֔י/וʾaḥărāyw
after (thatpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
וְ/הִנֵּ֛הwəhinēh
beholdconjH2009
lo · see
עָלָ֥הʿālāh
ariseverbH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
כְלִילkəliyl
alladjH3632
every whit · flame · perfect · utterly ···
הָ/עִ֖ירhāʿiyr
AiparticleH5892
city · court · town
הַ/שָּׁמָֽיְמָ/הhašāmāyəmāh
heavenparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
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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