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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 21:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 21:1611 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּֽאמְר֨וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
זִקְנֵ֣יziqənēy
the elders ofadjH2205
ancient · elder · old (man · men and...women) ···
הָ/עֵדָ֔הhāʿēdāh
the congregationparticleH5712
company · congregation · multitude · people ···
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
נַּעֲשֶׂ֥הnaʿăśeh
will we doverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
לַ/נּוֹתָרִ֖יםlanwōtāriym
for those who remainpronH3498
leave · left behind · too much · make plenteous ···
לְ/נָשִׁ֑יםlənāšiym
for wivespronH802
each · every · female · many ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
נִשְׁמְדָ֥הnišəmədāh
she is destroyedverbH8045
bring to nought · overthrow · perish · pluck down ···
מִ/בִּנְיָמִ֖ןmibinəyāmin
from BenjaminpronH1144
אִשָּֽׁהʾišāh
womannounH802
each · every · female · many ···
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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The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. His timing, His methods, His purposes - all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good. God is faithful in every circumstanc...
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