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Judges 5:16 — King James Version← Study notes

Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.


Judges 5:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 5:1612 words
HebrewMeaning
לָ֣/מָּהlāmāh
how (longpronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
יָשַׁ֗בְתָּyāšabətā
abideverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
בֵּ֚יןbēyn
amongpronH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
הַֽ/מִּשְׁפְּתַ֔יִםhamišəpətayim
burdenparticleH4942
sheepfold
לִ/שְׁמֹ֖עַlišəmōʿa
call togetherpronH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
שְׁרִק֣וֹתšəriqwōt
bleatingnounH8292
hissing
עֲדָרִ֑יםʿădāriym
drovenounH5739
flock · herd
לִ/פְלַגּ֣וֹתlipəlagwōt
divisionpronH6391
רְאוּבֵ֔ןrəʾwbēn
ReubennounH7205
גְּדוֹלִ֖יםgədwōliym
elderadjH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
חִקְרֵיḥiqərēy
finding outnounH2714
number · search(-able · -ed · out ···
לֵֽבlēb
heartnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
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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