Hebrew Interlinear
Judges 20:40 Interlinear
“But when the flame began ascended up of the city with a pillar of smoke looked behind ascended up them and behold the flame of the city to heaven”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וְהַמַּשְׂאֵ֗ת | H4864 | But when the flame | properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figuratively, an utterance; concretely, a beacon (as raised); a pr |
| 2 | הֵחֵ֛לָּה | H2490 | began | properly, 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 |
| 3 | עָלָ֥ה | H5927 | ascended up | to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative |
| 4 | מִן | H4480 | properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | |
| 5 | הָעִ֖יר | H5892 | of the city | a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) |
| 6 | עַמּ֣וּד | H5982 | with a pillar | a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e., platform |
| 7 | עָשָׁ֑ן | H6227 | of smoke | smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger) |
| 8 | וַיִּ֤פֶן | H6437 | looked | to turn; by implication, to face, i.e., appear, look, etc |
| 9 | בִּנְיָמִן֙ | H1144 | binjamin, youngest son of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory | |
| 10 | אַֽחֲרָ֔יו | H310 | behind | properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) |
| 11 | וְהִנֵּ֛ה | H2009 | lo! | |
| 12 | עָלָ֥ה | H5927 | ascended up | to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative |
| 13 | כְלִיל | H3632 | them and behold the flame | complete; as noun, the whole (specifically, a sacrifice entirely consumed); as adverb, fully |
| 14 | הָעִ֖יר | H5892 | of the city | a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) |
| 15 | הַשָּׁמָֽיְמָה׃ | H8064 | to heaven | the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r |
Verse Context
Judges 20:39retired And when the men of Israel battle Benjamin began...
Judges 20:40 (current)But when the flame began ascended up of the city with a pillar of smoke looked behind ascended up them and behold the flame of the city to heaven
Judges 20:41And when the men of Israel turned again were amazed And when the men of Benjamin...