Judges
Judges 12:3
3When I saw that you would not save me, I risked my life and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come today to fight against me?”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When I saw | וָֽאֶרְאֶ֞ה | wā·’er·’eh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | H7200 see |
| that | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| you would not | אֵינְךָ֣ | ’ê·nə·ḵā | Adverb; second person masculine singular | H369 nothing, nought |
| save me | מוֹשִׁ֗יע | mō·šīʿ | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular | H3467 deliver |
| I risked | וָאָשִׂ֨ימָה | wā·’ā·śî·māh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| my life | נַפְשִׁ֤י | nap̄·šî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| and crossed over | וָֽאֶעְבְּרָה֙ | wā·’e‘·bə·rāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular | H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the Ammonites | בְּנֵ֣י | bə·nê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| and the LORD | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| delivered them | וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם | way·yit·tə·nêm | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural | H5414 give, put, set |
| into my hand | בְּיָדִ֑י | bə·yā·ḏî | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H3027 hand |
| Why then | וְלָמָ֞ה | wə·lā·māh | Conjunctive waw; Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| have you come | עֲלִיתֶ֥ם | ‘ă·lî·ṯem | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| today | הַיּ֥וֹם | hay·yō·wm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| to fight | לְהִלָּ֥חֶם | lə·hil·lā·ḥem | Preposition-l; Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | H3898 fight, do battle |
| against me | בִּֽי׃ | bî | Preposition; first person common singular |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Job 13:14 · 1 Samuel 19:5 · 1 Samuel 28:21 · Psalm 119:109
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.