Judges 3:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. And the children of Israel sent tribute by him unto Eglon the king of Moab.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּזְעֲק֣וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ אֶל־יְהוָה֒ וַיָּקֶם֩ יְהוָ֨ה לָהֶ֜ם מוֹשִׁ֗יעַ אֶת־אֵה֤וּד בֶּן־גֵּרָא֙ בֶּן־הַיְמִינִ֔י אִ֥ישׁ אִטֵּ֖ר יַד־יְמִינ֑וֹ וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל בְּיָדוֹ֙ מִנְחָ֔ה לְעֶגְל֖וֹן מֶ֥לֶךְ מוֹאָֽב׃

Transliteration

And-wayyizʿăqû bĕnê-yiśrāʾēl unto-YHWH and-wayyāqem YHWH for-them môšîaʿ ʾet-ʾēhûd son-of-gērāʾ son-of-the-yĕmînî ʾîš ʾiṭṭēr hand-yĕmînô and-wayyišlĕḥû bĕnê-yiśrāʾēl by-hand-his minḥāh to-ʿeglôn melek môʾāb.

Grammar Details

*wa*: conjunction + consecutive - and
*yizʿăqû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they cried out
*bĕnê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons/children of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*ʾel*: preposition - to/unto
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*wa-yāqem*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he raised up
*lāhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - for them
*môšîaʿ*: hiphil participle, masculine singular - savior/deliverer
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʾēhûd*: proper noun - Ehud
*ben*: noun, masculine singular construct - son of
*gērāʾ*: proper noun - Gera
*ha-yĕmînî*: definite gentilic noun - the Benjamite
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
*ʾiṭṭēr*: adjective, masculine singular construct - restricted/bound
*yad*: noun, feminine singular construct - hand of
*yĕmînô*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his right
*wa-yišlĕḥû*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they sent
*bĕyādô*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - by his hand
*minḥāh*: noun, feminine singular - gift/present/tribute
*lĕ-ʿeglôn*: preposition + proper noun - to Eglon
*melek*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
*môʾāb*: proper noun - Moab

Word Meanings

*wayyizʿăqû*: and they cried out/called out/shouted
*wayyāqem*: and he raised up/established/appointed
*môšîaʿ*: savior/deliverer/rescuer
*ben-hayĕmînî*: Benjamite/son of the right hand
*ʾiṭṭēr yad-yĕmînô*: bound/restricted in his right hand (left-handed)
*wayyišlĕḥû*: and they sent/dispatched
*minḥāh*: gift/tribute/offering

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 78:34 : 34 When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.
Judg 3:9 : 9 And when the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised up a saviour to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
Judg 20:16 : 16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.
1 Chr 12:2 : 2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
Ps 50:15 : 15 And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
1 Sam 10:27 : 27 But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
Ps 90:15 : 15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, And the years wherein we have seen evil.
Prov 18:16 : 16 A man's gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.
Prov 19:6 : 6 Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
Prov 21:14 : 14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger; And a present in the bosom, strong wrath.
Isa 36:16 : 16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;
Jer 29:12-13 : 12 And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Jer 33:3 : 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Judg 3:16-23
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16And Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
17And he offered the tribute unto Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.
18And when he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the people that bare the tribute.
19But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king. And he said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
20And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
21And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:
22and the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, for he drew not the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.
23Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room upon him, and locked them.
Judg 3:12-14
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12And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and Jehovah strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.
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Judg 3:26-27
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26And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.
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Judg 3:8-10
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8Therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
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Judg 4:1-3
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1And the sons of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, when Ehud was dead.
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2 Sam 23:10
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2 Chr 13:16
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