Judges 1:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֙נָס֙ אֲדֹ֣נִי בֶ֔זֶק וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּ אַחֲרָ֑יו וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ וַֽיְקַצְּצ֔וּ אֶת־בְּהֹנ֥וֹת יָדָ֖יו וְרַגְלָֽיו׃

Transliteration

And wayyānās ʾĂdōnî-bezeq and wayyirdəpû after him and wayyōʾḥăzû him and wayəqaṣṣəṣû ʾet-bəhōnôt his hands and his feet.

Grammar Details

*wayyānās*: consecutive imperfect, qal, 3rd masculine singular - and he fled
*ʾĂdōnî-bezeq*: proper noun, masculine singular - Adoni-bezek (lord of Bezek)
*wayyirdəpû*: consecutive imperfect, qal, 3rd common plural - and they pursued
*wayyōʾḥăzû*: consecutive imperfect, qal, 3rd common plural - and they seized
*wayəqaṣṣəṣû*: consecutive imperfect, piel, 3rd common plural - and they cut off
*bəhōnôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - thumbs/big toes of

Word Meanings

*wayyānās*: fled/ran away/escaped
*wayyirdəpû*: pursued/chased/followed after
*wayyōʾḥăzû*: seized/caught/grasped
*wayəqaṣṣəṣû*: cut off/amputated/severed
*bəhōnôt*: thumbs and big toes/extremities

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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