Hebrew Interlinear

Judges 7:6 Interlinear

And the number of them that lapped putting their hand to their mouth were three hundred men but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְהִ֗יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2מִסְפַּ֞רH4557And the numbera number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
3הַֽמֲלַקְקִ֤יםH3952of them that lappedto lick or lap
4בְּיָדָם֙H3027putting their handa hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
5אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
6פִּיהֶ֔םH6310to their mouththe mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
7שְׁלֹ֥שׁH7969were threethree; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
8מֵא֖וֹתH3967hundreda hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
9אִ֑ישׁH376mena man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
10וְכֹל֙H3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
11יֶ֣תֶרH3499but all the restproperly, an overhanging, i.e., (by implication) a small rope (as hanging free)
12הָעָ֔םH5971of the peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
13כָּֽרְע֥וּH3766bowed downto bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate
14עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
15בִּרְכֵיהֶ֖םH1290upon their kneesa knee
16לִשְׁתּ֥וֹתH8354to drinkto imbibe (literally or figuratively)
17מָֽיִם׃H4325waterwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

Verse Context

Judges 7:5So he brought down the people of the water said...
Judges 7:6 (current) And the number of them that lapped putting their hand to their mouth were three hundred men but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water
Judges 7:7said And the LORD unto Gideon By the three hundred...

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