Judges 20:42 — King James Version← Study notes

“Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.”

Judges 20:42 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 20:4214 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יִּפְנ֞וּwayipənw

appearconjH6437

at tide · behold · cast out · come on ···

לִ/פְנֵ֨יlipənēy

a- forepronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

אִ֤ישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙yiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

דֶּ֣רֶךְderekə

alongnounH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

הַ/מִּדְבָּ֔רhamidəbār

desertparticleH4057

south · speech · wilderness

וְ/הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֖הwəhamiləḥāmāh

battleconjH4421

fight · war

הִדְבִּיקָ֑תְ/הוּhidəbiyqātəhw

abide fastverbH1692

cleave · follow close · be joined · keep ···

וַ/אֲשֶׁר֙waʾăšer

asconjH834

after · alike · because · every ···

מֵ/הֶ֣/עָרִ֔יםmēheʿāriym

AipronH5892

city · court · town

מַשְׁחִיתִ֥יםmašəḥiytiym

batterverbH7843

cast off · corrupt(-er · thing) · destroy(-er ···

אוֹת֖/וֹʾwōtwō

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

בְּ/תוֹכֽ/וֹbətwōkwō

amongpronH8432

between · half · (there- · where-) ···

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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