Hebrew Interlinear

Judges 20:3 Interlinear

heard Now the children of Benjamin were gone up Now the children of Israel to Mizpeh Then said Now the children of Israel Tell us how was this wickedness

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙H8085heardto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
2בְּנֵ֣יH1121Now 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
3בִנְיָמִ֔ןH1144of Benjaminbinjamin, youngest son of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
4כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
5עָל֥וּH5927were gone upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
6בְּנֵ֣יH1121Now 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
7יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
8הַמִּצְפָּ֑הH4709to Mizpehmitspah, the name of two places in palestine
9וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙H559Then saidto say (used with great latitude)
10בְּנֵ֣יH1121Now 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
11יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
12דַּבְּר֕וּH1696Tellperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
13אֵיכָ֥הH349how? or how!; also where
14נִֽהְיְתָ֖הH1961us how wasto exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
15הָֽרָעָ֥הH7451this wickednessbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
16הַזֹּֽאת׃H2063this (often used adverb)

Verse Context

Judges 20:2presented And the chief of all the people even of all the tribes...
Judges 20:3 (current)heard Now the children of Benjamin were gone up Now the children of Israel to Mizpeh Then said Now the children of Israel Tell us how was this wickedness
Judges 20:4answered the husband And the Levite the husband of the woman that was slain...

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