Judges 2:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֗י כְּדַבֵּ֞ר מַלְאַ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙ אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֶֽל־כָּל־בְּנֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ הָעָ֛ם אֶת־קוֹלָ֖ם וַיִּבְכּֽוּ׃

Transliteration

And-wayəhî as-ḏabbēr malʾaḵ YHWH ʾet-the-dəḇārîm these to-all-bənê Yiśrāʾēl and-wayyiśʾû the-ʿām ʾet-qôlām and-wayyiḇkû

Grammar Details

*wayəhî*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular of היה - and it came to pass
*ḏabbēr*: piel infinitive construct - to speak
*malʾaḵ*: masculine singular construct - messenger/angel of
*dəḇārîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the words/things
*bənê*: masculine plural construct - sons/children of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*wayyiśʾû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they lifted up
*ʿām*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the people
*qôlām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their voice
*wayyiḇkû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they wept

Word Meanings

*wayəhî*: and it happened/came to pass
*ḏabbēr*: speaking/when spoke
*malʾaḵ*: messenger/angel/representative
*dəḇārîm*: words/things/matters
*bənê*: sons of/children of
*wayyiśʾû*: they lifted up/raised
*ʿām*: people/nation/folk
*qôlām*: their voice/sound
*wayyiḇkû*: they wept/cried

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 7:6 : 6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
Ezra 10:1 : 1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
Prov 17:10 : 10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Luke 6:21 : 21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
Luke 7:38 : 38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Jas 4:9 : 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

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