Judges
Judges 11:37
37She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| She also said | וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | wat·tō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| her father | אָבִ֔יהָ | ’ā·ḇî·hā | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular | H1 father |
| Let me do | יֵעָ֥שֶׂה | yê·‘ā·śeh | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| this | הַזֶּ֑ה | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| one thing | הַדָּבָ֣ר | had·dā·ḇār | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1697 speech, word |
| Let me wander | וְאֵֽלְכָה֙ | wə·’ê·lə·ḵāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| for two | שְׁנַ֣יִם | šə·na·yim | Number - md | H8147 two |
| months | חֳדָשִׁ֗ים | ḥo·ḏā·šîm | Noun - masculine plural | H2320 (newness), new moon, month |
| through | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the mountains | הֶֽהָרִ֔ים | he·hā·rîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country |
| with my friends | וְרֵעְיֹתָי׃ | wə·rē·ʿə·yō·ṯå̄y | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular | H7464 companion, attendant |
| and mourn | וְאֶבְכֶּה֙ | wə·’eḇ·keh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | H1058 weep, bewail |
| my virginity | בְּתוּלַ֔י | bə·ṯū·lay | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H1331 virginity |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.