Judges 21:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.”

Judges 21:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 21:178 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּwayōʾmərw

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

יְרֻשַּׁ֥תyərušat

heritagenounH3425

inheritance · possession

פְּלֵיטָ֖הpəlēyṭāh

deliverancenounH6413

escape · remnant

לְ/בִנְיָמִ֑ןləbinəyāmin

BenjaminpronH1144

וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יִמָּחֶ֥הyimāḥeh

abolishverbH4229

blot out · destroy · full of marrow · put out ···

שֵׁ֖בֶטšēbeṭ

dartnounH7626

correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···

מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵֽלmiyiśərāʾēl

IsraelpronH3478

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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