Hebrew Interlinear

Judges 16:5 Interlinear

came up And the lords of the Philistines unto her and said unto her Entice him and see strength wherein his great lieth and by what means we may prevail against him that we may bind him to afflict him and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיַּֽעֲל֨וּH5927came upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
2אֵלֶ֜יהָH413near, with or among; often in general, to
3סַרְנֵ֣יH5633And the lordsan axle
4פְלִשְׁתִּ֗יםH6430of the Philistinesa pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth
5וַיֹּ֨אמְרוּH559unto her and saidto say (used with great latitude)
6לָ֜הּH0
7פַּתִּ֣יH6601unto her Enticeto open, i.e., be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way)
8אוֹת֗וֹH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
9וּרְאִי֙H7200him and seeto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
10בַּמֶּה֙H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
11כֹּח֣וֹH3581strengthvigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)
12גָד֔וֹלH1419wherein his greatgreat (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
13וּבַמֶּה֙H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
14נ֣וּכַלH3201lieth and by what means we may prevailto be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
15ל֔וֹH0
16וַֽאֲסַרְנוּ֖הוּH631against him that we may bindto yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
17לְעַנּוֹת֑וֹH6031him to afflictto depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
18וַֽאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙H587we
19נִתַּןH5414him and we will giveto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
20לָ֔ךְH0
21אִ֕ישׁH376thee every onea 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)
22אֶ֥לֶףH505of us eleven hundredhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
23וּמֵאָ֖הH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
24כָּֽסֶף׃H3701pieces of silversilver (from its pale color); by implication, money

Verse Context

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