Judges 21:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?”

Judges 21:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 21:1611 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּֽאמְר֨וּwayōʾmərw

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

זִקְנֵ֣יziqənēy

agedadjH2205

ancient · elder · old (man · men and...women) ···

הָ/עֵדָ֔הhāʿēdāh

assemblyparticleH5712

company · congregation · multitude · people ···

מַהmah

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

נַּעֲשֶׂ֥הnaʿăśeh

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

לַ/נּוֹתָרִ֖יםlanwōtāriym

excelpronH3498

leave · left behind · too much · make plenteous ···

לְ/נָשִׁ֑יםlənāšiym

womanpronH802

each · every · female · many ···

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

נִשְׁמְדָ֥הnišəmədāh

destoryverbH8045

bring to nought · overthrow · perish · pluck down ···

מִ/בִּנְיָמִ֖ןmibinəyāmin

BenjaminpronH1144

אִשָּֽׁהʾišāh

womannounH802

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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