Judges 21:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ לָמָ֗ה יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הָ֥יְתָה זֹּ֖את בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לְהִפָּקֵ֥ד הַיּ֛וֹם מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שֵׁ֥בֶט אֶחָֽד׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmərû why YHWH ʾĕlōhê Yiśrāʾēl hāytāh this in Yiśrāʾēl ləhippāqēd the yôm from Yiśrāʾēl šēbeṭ ʾeḥād.

Grammar Details

*wa-*: consecutive conjunction - and
*wayyōʾmərû*: verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - they said
*lāmāh*: interrogative adverb - why
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine, plural construct - God of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*hāytāh*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - has happened/came to be
*zōʾt*: demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this
*bə-Yiśrāʾēl*: preposition + proper noun - in Israel
*lə-hippāqēd*: preposition + verb, niphal infinitive construct - to be missing/to be absent
*ha-yôm*: noun with definite article - the day/today
*mi-Yiśrāʾēl*: preposition + proper noun - from Israel
*šēbeṭ*: noun, masculine, singular - tribe
*ʾeḥād*: numeral, masculine - one

Word Meanings

*ʾĕlōhê*: God of/deity of
*hāytāh*: has happened/came to be/occurred
*ləhippāqēd*: to be missing/to be absent/to be lacking/to be numbered
*šēbeṭ*: tribe/clan/branch

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 29:24 : 24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Josh 7:7-9 : 7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
Ps 74:1 : 1 Maschil{H8688)} of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off{H8804)} for ever? why doth thine anger smoke{H8799)} against the sheep of thy pasture?
Ps 80:12 : 12 Why hast thou then broken down{H8804)} her hedges, so that all they which pass{H8802)} by the way do pluck{H8804)} her?
Prov 19:3 : 3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
Isa 63:17 : 17 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
Jer 12:1 : 1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

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