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Judges 8:20 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.


Judges 8:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 8:2015 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙wayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לְ/יֶ֣תֶרləyeter
JetherpronH3500
Jethro. Compare
בְּכוֹר֔/וֹbəkwōrwō
eldestnounH1060
firstborn
ק֖וּםqwm
abideverbH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
הֲרֹ֣גhărōg
destroyverbH2026
out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···
אוֹתָ֑/םʾwōtām
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
שָׁלַ֨ףšālap
drawverbH8025
grow up · pluck off
הַ/נַּ֤עַרhanaʿar
babeparticleH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
חַרְבּ/וֹ֙ḥarəbwō
axenounH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
כִּ֣יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יָרֵ֔אyārēʾ
affrightverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
כִּ֥יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
עוֹדֶ֖/נּוּʿwōdenw
againadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
נָֽעַרnāʿar
babenounH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
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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