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Judges 5:16 Interlinear

“ Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds to hear the bleatings of the flocks of Reuben there were great searchings of heart”

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Judges 5 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	לָ֣מָּה	H4100		properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
2	יָשַׁ֗בְתָּ	H3427	Why abodest	properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
3	בֵּ֚ין	H996	thou among	between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
4	הַֽמִּשְׁפְּתַ֔יִם	H4942	the sheepfolds	a stall for cattle (only dual)
5	לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ	H8085	to hear	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
6	שְׁרִק֣וֹת	H8292	the bleatings	a whistling (in scorn); by analogy, a piping
7	עֲדָרִ֑ים	H5739	of the flocks	an arrangement, i.e., muster (of animals)
8	לִפְלַגּ֣וֹת	H6391		a section
9	רְאוּבֵ֔ן	H7205	of Reuben	reuben, a son of jacob
10	גְּדוֹלִ֖ים	H1419	there were great	great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
11	חִקְרֵי	H2714	searchings	examination, enumeration, deliberation
12	לֵֽב׃	H3820	of heart	the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything

Judges 5:16 (current) Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds to hear the bleatings of the flocks of Reuben there were great searchings of heart