“Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.”
Judges 21:18 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Judges 21:1816 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/אֲנַ֗חְנוּwaʾănaḥənw
ourselvesconjH587
us · we
לֹ֥אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נוּכַ֛לnwkal
be ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
לָ/תֵתlātēt
addpronH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לָ/הֶ֥םlāhem
pron
נָשִׁ֖יםnāšiym
womannounH802
each · every · female · many ···
מִ/בְּנוֹתֵ֑י/נוּmibənwōtēynw
applepronH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
נִשְׁבְּע֤וּnišəbəʿw
adjureverbH7650
charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for
בְנֵֽיbənēy
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙yiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
לֵ/אמֹ֔רlēʾmōr
answerpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אָר֕וּרʾārwr
bitterly curseverbH779
נֹתֵ֥ןnōtēn
addverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
אִשָּׁ֖הʾišāh
womannounH802
each · every · female · many ···
לְ/בִנְיָמִֽןləbinəyāmin
BenjaminpronH1144
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.