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Judges 7:5 — King James Version← Study notes

So he brought down the people unto the water: and the Lord said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.


Judges 7:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 7:527 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יּ֥וֹרֶדwaywōred
bring downconjH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/עָ֖םhāʿām
peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/מָּ֑יִםhamāyim
waterparticleH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֜הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
גִּדְע֗וֹןgidəʿwōn
GideonnounH1439
כֹּ֣לkōl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יָלֹק֩yālōq
lapverbH3952
lick
בִּ/לְשׁוֹנ֨/וֹbiləšwōnwō
baypronH3956
babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···
מִןmin
abovepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הַ/מַּ֜יִםhamayim
waterparticleH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֧רkaʾăšer
aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יָלֹ֣קyālōq
lapverbH3952
lick
הַ/כֶּ֗לֶבhakeleb
dogparticleH3611
תַּצִּ֤יגtaṣiyg
establishverbH3322
leave · make · present · put ···
אוֹת/וֹ֙ʾwōtwō
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
לְ/בָ֔דləbād
alonepronH905
apart · bar · besides · branch ···
וְ/כֹ֛לwəkōl
all (mannerconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יִכְרַ֥עyikəraʿ
bow (downverbH3766
self) · bring down · cast down · couch ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
בִּרְכָּ֖י/וbirəkāyw
kneenounH1290
לִ/שְׁתּֽוֹתlišətwōt
banquetpronH8354
assuredly · certainly · drink(-er · -ing) ···
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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