Hebrew Interlinear

Judges 15:8 Interlinear

And he smote them hip and thigh slaughter with a great and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיַּ֨ךְH5221And he smoteto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
2אוֹתָ֥םH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3שׁ֛וֹקH7785them hipthe (lower) leg (as a runner)
4עַלH5921andabove, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
5יָרֵ֖ךְH3409thighthe thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
6מַכָּ֣הH4347slaughtera blow (in 2 chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence
7גְדוֹלָ֑הH1419with a greatgreat (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
8וַיֵּ֣רֶדH3381and he went downto descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
9וַיֵּ֔שֶׁבH3427and dweltproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
10בִּסְעִ֖יףH5585in the topa fissure (of rocks); also a bough (as subdivided)
11סֶ֥לַעH5553of the rocka craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
12עֵיטָֽם׃H5862Etametam, a place in palestine

Verse Context

Judges 15:7said And Samson unto them Though ye have done this...
Judges 15:8 (current)And he smote them hip and thigh slaughter with a great and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam
Judges 15:9went up Then the Philistines and pitched in Judah and spread themselves in Lehi...

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