Hebrew Interlinear

Judges 6:3 Interlinear

had sown And so it was when Israel came up that the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east came up

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְהָיָ֖הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
3זָרַ֣עH2232had sownto sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
4יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478And so it was when Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
5וְעָל֥וּH5927came upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
6מִדְיָ֧ןH4080that the Midianitesmidjan, a son of abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
7וַֽעֲמָלֵ֛קH6002and the Amalekitesamalek, a descendant of esau; also his posterity and their country
8וּבְנֵיH1121and 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
9קֶ֖דֶםH6924of the eastthe front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the east) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
10וְעָל֥וּH5927came upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
11עָלָֽיו׃H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

Verse Context

Judges 6:2prevailed And the hand of Midian against Israel and because...
Judges 6:3 (current) had sown And so it was when Israel came up that the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east came up
Judges 6:4And they encamped against them and destroyed the increase of the earth...

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