Judges 21:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.”

Judges 21:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 21:112 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/אִ֣ישׁwəʾiyš

manconjH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

נִשְׁבַּ֥עnišəbaʿ

adjureverbH7650

charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for

בַּ/מִּצְפָּ֖הbamiṣəpāh

Mitspah. (This seems rather to be only an orthographic variation ofpronH4709

לֵ/אמֹ֑רlēʾmōr

answerpronH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אִ֣ישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

מִמֶּ֔/נּוּmimenw

abovepronH4480

after · among · at · because of ···

לֹאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יִתֵּ֥ןyitēn

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

בִּתּ֛/וֹbitwō

applenounH1323

branch · company · daughter · first ···

לְ/בִנְיָמִ֖ןləbinəyāmin

BenjaminpronH1144

לְ/אִשָּֽׁהləʾišāh

womanpronH802

each · every · female · many ···

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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