Judges 3:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּזְעֲק֣וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ אֶל־יְהוָה֒ וַיָּקֶם֩ יְהוָ֨ה לָהֶ֜ם מוֹשִׁ֗יעַ אֶת־אֵה֤וּד בֶּן־גֵּרָא֙ בֶּן־הַיְמִינִ֔י אִ֥ישׁ אִטֵּ֖ר יַד־יְמִינ֑וֹ וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל בְּיָדוֹ֙ מִנְחָ֔ה לְעֶגְל֖וֹן מֶ֥לֶךְ מוֹאָֽב׃

Transliteration

And-wayyizʿăqû bĕnê-yiśrāʾēl unto-YHWH and-wayyāqem YHWH for-them môšîaʿ ʾet-ʾēhûd son-of-gērāʾ son-of-the-yĕmînî ʾîš ʾiṭṭēr hand-yĕmînô and-wayyišlĕḥû bĕnê-yiśrāʾēl by-hand-his minḥāh to-ʿeglôn melek môʾāb.

Grammar Details

*wa*: conjunction + consecutive - and
*yizʿăqû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they cried out
*bĕnê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons/children of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*ʾel*: preposition - to/unto
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*wa-yāqem*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he raised up
*lāhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - for them
*môšîaʿ*: hiphil participle, masculine singular - savior/deliverer
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʾēhûd*: proper noun - Ehud
*ben*: noun, masculine singular construct - son of
*gērāʾ*: proper noun - Gera
*ha-yĕmînî*: definite gentilic noun - the Benjamite
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
*ʾiṭṭēr*: adjective, masculine singular construct - restricted/bound
*yad*: noun, feminine singular construct - hand of
*yĕmînô*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his right
*wa-yišlĕḥû*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they sent
*bĕyādô*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - by his hand
*minḥāh*: noun, feminine singular - gift/present/tribute
*lĕ-ʿeglôn*: preposition + proper noun - to Eglon
*melek*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
*môʾāb*: proper noun - Moab

Word Meanings

*wayyizʿăqû*: and they cried out/called out/shouted
*wayyāqem*: and he raised up/established/appointed
*môšîaʿ*: savior/deliverer/rescuer
*ben-hayĕmînî*: Benjamite/son of the right hand
*ʾiṭṭēr yad-yĕmînô*: bound/restricted in his right hand (left-handed)
*wayyišlĕḥû*: and they sent/dispatched
*minḥāh*: gift/tribute/offering

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 78:34 : 34 When he slew{H8804)} them, then they sought{H8804)} him: and they returned{H8804)} and enquired early{H8765)} after God.
Judg 3:9 : 9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
Judg 20:16 : 16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
1 Chr 12:2 : 2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
Ps 50:15 : 15 And call{H8798)} upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver{H8762)} thee, and thou shalt glorify{H8762)} me.
1 Sam 10:27 : 27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
Ps 90:15 : 15 Make us glad{H8761)} according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted{H8765)} us, and the years wherein we have seen{H8804)} evil.
Prov 18:16 : 16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
Prov 19:6 : 6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
Prov 21:14 : 14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
Isa 36:16 : 16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;
Jer 29:12-13 : 12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Jer 33:3 : 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Judg 3:16-23
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16But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
17And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
18And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
19But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
20And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
21And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
22And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
23Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
Judg 3:12-14
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12And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
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14So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Judg 3:26-27
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26And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
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8Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.
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10And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.
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30So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
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Judg 7:14
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Judg 2:18
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Judg 10:11-12
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Judg 11:32
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2 Kgs 13:3
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Judg 6:36
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Judg 9:17
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Judg 11:5
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Judg 7:9
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