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Judges 5:8 — King James Version← Study notes

They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?


Judges 5:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 5:813 words
HebrewMeaning
יִבְחַר֙yibəḥar
acceptableverbH977
appoint · choose · excellent · join ···
אֱלֹהִ֣יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
חֲדָשִׁ֔יםḥădāšiym
freshadjH2319
new thing
אָ֖זʾāz
beginningadvH227
for · from · hitherto · now ···
לָחֶ֣םlāḥem
warnounH3901
שְׁעָרִ֑יםšəʿāriym
citynounH8179
door · gate · port
מָגֵ֤ןmāgēn
bucklernounH4043
armed · defence · ruler · scale ···
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
יֵֽרָאֶה֙yērāʾeh
advise selfverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
וָ/רֹ֔מַחwārōmaḥ
bucklerconjH7420
javelin · lancet · spear
בְּ/אַרְבָּעִ֥יםbəʾarəbāʿiym
-fortypronH705
אֶ֖לֶףʾelep
thousandadjH505
בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽלbəyiśərāʾēl
IsraelpronH3478
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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