“They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?”
Judges 5:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Judges 5:813 words
HebrewMeaning
יִבְחַר֙yibəḥar
it choseverbH977
appoint · choose · excellent · join ···
אֱלֹהִ֣יםʾĕlōhiym
godsnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
חֲדָשִׁ֔יםḥădāšiym
newadjH2319
new thing
אָ֖זʾāz
thenadvH227
for · from · hitherto · now ···
לָחֶ֣םlāḥem
breadnounH3901
שְׁעָרִ֑יםšəʿāriym
gatesnounH8179
door · gate · port
מָגֵ֤ןmāgēn
a shieldnounH4043
armed · defence · ruler · scale ···
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
יֵֽרָאֶה֙yērāʾeh
it was seenverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
וָ/רֹ֔מַחwārōmaḥ
and a spearconjH7420
javelin · lancet · spear
בְּ/אַרְבָּעִ֥יםbəʾarəbāʿiym
among fortypronH705
אֶ֖לֶףʾelep
thousandadjH505
בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽלbəyiśərāʾēl
in IsraelpronH3478
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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