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Judges 5:8 Interlinear

“They chose gods new then was war in the gates was there a shield seen or spear among forty thousand in Israel”

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Judges 5 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	יִבְחַר֙	H977	They chose	properly, to try, i.e., (by implication) select
2	אֱלֹהִ֣ים	H430	gods	gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
3	חֲדָשִׁ֔ים	H2319	new	new
4	אָ֖ז	H227		at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore
5	לָחֶ֣ם	H3901	then was war	battle
6	שְׁעָרִ֑ים	H8179	in the gates	an opening, i.e., door or gate
7	מָגֵ֤ן	H4043	was there a shield	a shield (i.e., the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
8	אִם	H518		used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
9	יֵֽרָאֶה֙	H7200	seen	to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
10	וָרֹ֔מַח	H7420	or spear	a lance (as thrown); especially the iron point
11	בְּאַרְבָּעִ֥ים	H705	among forty	forty
12	אֶ֖לֶף	H505	thousand	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
13	בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	H3478	in Israel	he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Judges 5:8 (current)They chose gods new then was war in the gates was there a shield seen or spear among forty thousand in Israel