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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 21:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 21:713 words
HebrewMeaning
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
נַּעֲשֶׂ֥הnaʿăśeh
will we doverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
לָ/הֶ֛םlāhem
pron
לַ/נּוֹתָרִ֖יםlanwōtāriym
for those who remainpronH3498
leave · left behind · too much · make plenteous ···
לְ/נָשִׁ֑יםlənāšiym
for wivespronH802
each · every · female · many ···
וַ/אֲנַ֨חְנוּ֙waʾănaḥənw
and weconjH587
us · we
נִשְׁבַּ֣עְנוּnišəbaʿənw
we have swornverbH7650
charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for
בַֽ/יהוָ֔הbayhwāh
by YahwehpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
לְ/בִלְתִּ֛יləbilətiy
to notpronH1115
beside · but · continual · except ···
תֵּתtēt
to giveverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לָ/הֶ֥םlāhem
pron
מִ/בְּנוֹתֵ֖י/נוּmibənwōtēynw
any of daughters ourpronH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
לְ/נָשִֽׁיםlənāšiym
to wivespronH802
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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