Judges 11:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ זִקְנֵֽי־גִלְעָ֖ד אֶל־יִפְתָּ֑ח יְהוָ֗ה יִהְיֶ֤ה שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙ בֵּֽינוֹתֵ֔ינוּ אִם־לֹ֥א כִדְבָרְךָ֖ כֵּ֥ן נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃

Transliteration

And wayyō'mərû ziqnê-Gil'ād to-Yiptach YHWH yihyeh šōmēa' between-us if-not according-to-dəḇārəḵā so na'ăśeh

Grammar Details

• *wayyō'mərû*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural consecutive - and they said
• *ziqnê*: noun, masculine plural construct - elders of
• *Gil'ād*: proper noun, masculine singular - Gilead
• *Yiptach*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jephthah
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/the LORD
• *yihyeh*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will be
• *šōmēa'*: verb, Qal participle masculine singular - hearing/listening/witness
• *dəḇārəḵā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your word
• *na'ăśeh*: verb, Qal imperfect 1st person plural - we will do

Word Meanings

• *šōmēa'*: hearing/listening/witness/one who hears
• *dəḇārəḵā*: your word/your statement/your speech

Referenced Verses

• Jer 42:5 : 5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.
• Gen 31:50 : 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
• Jer 29:23 : 23 Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD.
• Gen 16:5 : 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
• Gen 21:23 : 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
• Gen 31:53 : 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
• Exod 20:7 : 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
• Deut 1:16 : 16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
• 1 Sam 12:5 : 5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
• 1 Sam 24:12 : 12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
• Zech 5:4 : 4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
• Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Rom 1:9 : 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
• 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.