“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 8:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Judges 8:2015 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙wayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לְ/יֶ֣תֶרləyeter
to JetherpronH3500
Jethro. Compare
בְּכוֹר֔/וֹbəkwōrwō
firstborn hisnounH1060
firstborn
ק֖וּםqwm
ariseverbH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
הֲרֹ֣גhărōg
killverbH2026
out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···
אוֹתָ֑/םʾwōtām
themparticleH853
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
שָׁלַ֨ףšālap
he drewverbH8025
grow up · pluck off
הַ/נַּ֤עַרhanaʿar
the young manparticleH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
חַרְבּ/וֹ֙ḥarəbwō
sword hisnounH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יָרֵ֔אyārēʾ
he was afraidverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
עוֹדֶ֖/נּוּʿwōdenw
still headvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
נָֽעַרnāʿar
was a young mannounH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
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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