Hebrew Interlinear

Judges 20:39 Interlinear

retired And when the men of Israel battle Benjamin began to smite and kill And when the men of Israel about thirty And when the men for they said Surely Surely before battle us as in the first

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיַּֽהֲפֹ֥ךְH2015retiredto turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
2אִ֔ישׁH376And when the mena 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)
3יִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
4כַּמִּלְחָמָ֖הH4421battlea battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)
5וּבִנְיָמִ֡ןH1144Benjaminbinjamin, youngest son of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
6הֵחֵל֩H2490beganproperly, 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
7לְהַכּ֨וֹתH5221to smiteto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
8חֲלָלִ֤יםH2491and killpierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
9אִ֔ישׁH376And when the mena 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)
10יִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
11כִּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםH7970about thirtythirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
12אִ֔ישׁH376And when the mena 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)
13כִּ֣יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
14אָֽמְר֔וּH559for they saidto say (used with great latitude)
15אַךְ֩H389a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
16נִגָּ֥ףH5062Surelyto push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)
17נִגָּ֥ףH5062Surelyto push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)
18הוּא֙H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
19לְפָנֵ֔ינוּH6440beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
20כַּמִּלְחָמָ֖הH4421battlea battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)
21הָרִֽאשֹׁנָֽה׃H7223us as in the firstfirst, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

Verse Context

Judges 20:38Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait...
Judges 20:39 (current)retired And when the men of Israel battle Benjamin began to smite and kill And when the men of Israel about thirty And when the men for they said Surely Surely before battle us as in the first
Judges 20:40But when the flame began ascended up of the city with a pillar...

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