Judges 12:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Judg 5:10 : 10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and 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 Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
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