Judges 12:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִי־ל֞וֹ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים בָּנִ֗ים וּשְׁלֹשִׁים֙ בְּנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים רֹכְבִ֖ים עַל־שִׁבְעִ֣ים עֲיָרִ֑ם וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה שָׁנִֽים

Transliteration

And wayəhî-to-him forty bānîm and-thirty bənê ḇānîm rōḵəḇîm on-seventy ʿăyārîm and wayyišpōṭ ʾeṯ-yiśrāʾēl eight šānîm

Grammar Details

*wayəhî*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and there was/and he had
*bānîm*: masculine plural noun - sons
*bənê*: masculine plural construct - sons of
*ḇānîm*: masculine plural noun - sons
*rōḵəḇîm*: Qal participle masculine plural - riding
*ʿăyārîm*: masculine plural noun - donkeys/colts
*wayyišpōṭ*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he judged
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*šānîm*: feminine plural noun - years

Word Meanings

*rōḵəḇîm*: riding/mounted on
*ʿăyārîm*: donkeys/colts/young male donkeys (sign of wealth and status)
*wayyišpōṭ*: judged/governed/led/delivered

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Judg 5:10 : 10 Tell [of it], ye that ride on white asses, Ye that sit on rich carpets, And ye that walk by the way.
Judg 10:4 : 4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

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