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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וְהָיָ֖ה | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 2 | אִם | H518 | used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not | |
| 3 | זָרַ֣ע | H2232 | had sown | to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify |
| 4 | יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | H3478 | And so it was when Israel | he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
| 5 | וְעָל֥וּ | H5927 | came up | to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative |
| 6 | מִדְיָ֧ן | H4080 | that the Midianites | midjan, a son of abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants |
| 7 | וַֽעֲמָלֵ֛ק | H6002 | and the Amalekites | amalek, a descendant of esau; also his posterity and their country |
| 8 | וּבְנֵי | H1121 | and the children | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 9 | קֶ֖דֶם | H6924 | of the east | the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the east) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward) |
| 10 | וְעָל֥וּ | H5927 | came up | to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative |
| 11 | עָלָֽיו׃ | H5921 | above, 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...