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Judges 8:19 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.


Judges 8:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 8:1913 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמַ֕רwayōʾmar
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַחַ֥/יʾaḥay
brothernounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
בְּנֵֽיbənēy
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אִמִּ֖/יʾimiy
damnounH517
mother · parting
הֵ֑םhēm
itprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
חַיḥay
aliveadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
ל֚וּlw
ifconjH3863
peradventure · I pray thee · though · I would ···
הַחֲיִתֶ֣םhaḥăyitem
keep (leaveverbH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
אוֹתָ֔/םʾwōtām
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
לֹ֥אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הָרַ֖גְתִּיhāragətiy
destroyverbH2026
out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···
אֶתְ/כֶֽםʾetəkem
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
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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