Judges 21:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?”

Judges 21:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 21:713 words

HebrewMeaning

מַהmah

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

נַּעֲשֶׂ֥הnaʿăśeh

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

לָ/הֶ֛םlāhem

pron

לַ/נּוֹתָרִ֖יםlanwōtāriym

excelpronH3498

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

לְ/נָשִׁ֑יםlənāšiym

womanpronH802

each · every · female · many ···

וַ/אֲנַ֨חְנוּ֙waʾănaḥənw

ourselvesconjH587

us · we

נִשְׁבַּ֣עְנוּnišəbaʿənw

adjureverbH7650

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

בַֽ/יהוָ֔הbayhwāh

LORDpronH3068

the Lord. Compare

לְ/בִלְתִּ֛יləbilətiy

because unpronH1115

beside · but · continual · except ···

תֵּתtēt

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

לָ/הֶ֥םlāhem

pron

מִ/בְּנוֹתֵ֖י/נוּmibənwōtēynw

applepronH1323

branch · company · daughter · first ···

לְ/נָשִֽׁיםlənāšiym

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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