Hebrew Interlinear

Judges 2:3 Interlinear

Wherefore I also said I will not drive them out from before you but they shall be as thorns in your sides and their gods shall be a snare

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְגַ֣םH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
2אָמַ֔רְתִּיH559Wherefore I also saidto say (used with great latitude)
3לֹֽאH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
4אֲגָרֵ֥שׁH1644I will not drive them outto drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce
5אוֹתָ֖םH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
6מִפְּנֵיכֶ֑םH6440from beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
7וְהָי֤וּH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
8לָכֶם֙H0
9לְצִדִּ֔יםH6654you but they shall be as thorns in your sidesa side; figuratively, an adversary
10וֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔םH430and their godsgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
11יִֽהְי֥וּH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
12לָכֶ֖םH0
13לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃H4170shall be a snarea noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose)

Verse Context

Judges 2:2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land...
Judges 2:3 (current) Wherefore I also said I will not drive them out from before you but they shall be as thorns in your sides and their gods shall be a snare
Judges 2:4 spake And it came to pass when the angel of the LORD these words...

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