Judges 1:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲדֹֽנִי־בֶ֗זֶק שִׁבְעִ֣ים ׀ מְלָכִ֡ים בְּֽהֹנוֹת֩ יְדֵיהֶ֨ם וְרַגְלֵיהֶ֜ם מְקֻצָּצִ֗ים הָי֤וּ מְלַקְּטִים֙ תַּ֣חַת שֻׁלְחָנִ֔י כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔יתִי כֵּ֥ן שִׁלַּם־לִ֖י אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיְבִיאֻ֥הוּ יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם וַיָּ֥מָת שָֽׁם׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer ʾĂdōnî-bezeq: šibʿîm məlāḵîm with bəhōnôt their hands and their feet məquṣṣāṣîm hāyû məlaqqəṭîm under šulḥānî, as kaʾăšer ʿāśîtî, so šillam-lî ʾĕlōhîm. And wayəbîʾuhû Yərûšālaim and wayyāmāt there.

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer*: consecutive imperfect, qal, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*ʾĂdōnî-bezeq*: proper noun, masculine singular - Adoni-bezek (lord of Bezek)
*šibʿîm*: cardinal number, common - seventy
*məlāḵîm*: noun, masculine plural - kings
*bəhōnôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - thumbs/big toes of
*məquṣṣāṣîm*: pual participle, masculine plural - being cut off
*hāyû*: perfect, qal, 3rd common plural - they were
*məlaqqəṭîm*: piel participle, masculine plural - gathering
*šulḥānî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st common singular suffix - my table
*kaʾăšer*: conjunction + relative pronoun - as/just as
*ʿāśîtî*: perfect, qal, 1st common singular - I did/have done
*šillam-lî*: perfect, piel, 3rd masculine singular + preposition + 1st common singular suffix - he has repaid to me
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural (used as singular) - God
*wayəbîʾuhû*: consecutive imperfect, hiphil, 3rd common plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and they brought him
*Yərûšālaim*: proper noun, place name - Jerusalem
*wayyāmāt*: consecutive imperfect, qal, 3rd masculine singular - and he died

Word Meanings

*məquṣṣāṣîm*: cut off/amputated/severed
*hāyû*: were/had been/used to be
*məlaqqəṭîm*: gathering/picking up/gleaning
*šillam-lî*: repaid me/requited me/recompensed me
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine being

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 15:33 : 33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
Isa 33:1 : 1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
Matt 7:1-2 : 1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Luke 6:37-38 : 37 {G2532} Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Rom 2:15 : 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
Jas 2:13 : 13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Rev 13:10 : 10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Rev 16:6 : 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
Exod 21:23-25 : 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Lev 24:19-21 : 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; 20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again. 21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

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