Judges 3:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.”

Judges 3:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 3:1616 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יַּעַשׂ֩wayaʿaś

accomplishconjH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

ל֨/וֹlwō

pron

אֵה֜וּדʾēhwd

EhudnounH164

חֶ֗רֶבḥereb

axenounH2719

dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···

וְ/לָ֛/הּwəlāh

conj

שְׁנֵ֥יšənēy

bothadjH8147

couple · double · second · twain ···

פֵי֖וֹתpēywōt

edgenounH6366

גֹּ֣מֶדgōmed

cubitnounH1574

אָרְכָּ֑/הּʾārəkāh

lengthnounH753

forever · long

וַ/יַּחְגֹּ֤רwayaḥəgōr

be able to put onconjH2296

be afraid · appointed · gird · restrain ···

אוֹתָ/הּ֙ʾwōtāh

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

מִ/תַּ֣חַתmitaḥat

aspronH8478

beneath · flat · in · place ···

לְ/מַדָּ֔י/וləmadāyw

armourpronH4055

clothes · garment · judgment · measure ···

עַ֖לʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

יֶ֥רֶךְyerekə

loinsnounH3409

body · shaft · side · thigh

יְמִינֽ/וֹyəmiynwō

right (handnounH3225

left-handed · side) · south

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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