Hebrew Interlinear

Judges 10:18 Interlinear

said And the people and princes of Gilead What man to another What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּֽאמְר֨וּH559saidto say (used with great latitude)
2הָעָ֜םH5971And the peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
3שָׂרֵ֤יH8269and princesa head person (of any rank or class)
4גִלְעָֽד׃H1568of Gileadgilad, a region east of the jordan; also the name of three israelites
5הָאִ֔ישׁH376What mana man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
6אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
7רֵעֵ֔הוּH7453to anotheran associate (more or less close)
8מִ֣יH4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
9הָאִ֔ישׁH376What mana man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
10אֲשֶׁ֣רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
11יָחֵ֔לH2490is he that will beginproperly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin
12לְהִלָּחֵ֖םH3898to fightto feed on; figuratively, to consume
13בִּבְנֵ֣יH1121against the childrena son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
14עַמּ֑וֹןH5983of Ammonammon, a son of lot; also his posterity and their country
15יִֽהְיֶ֣הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
16לְרֹ֔אשׁH7218he shall be headthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
17לְכֹ֖לH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
18יֹֽשְׁבֵ֥יH3427over all the inhabitantsproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
19גִלְעָֽד׃H1568of Gileadgilad, a region east of the jordan; also the name of three israelites

Verse Context

Judges 10:17were gathered together And the children of Ammon and encamped in Gilead assembled themselves together...
Judges 10:18 (current)said And the people and princes of Gilead What man to another What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead

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