Judges
Judges 13:23
23But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But his wife | אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ | ’iš·tōw | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H802 woman, wife, female |
| replied | וַתֹּ֧אמֶר | wat·tō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | H559 utter, say |
| If | לוּ֩ | lū | Preposition | H3863 if |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֤ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| had intended | חָפֵ֨ץ | ḥā·p̄êṣ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H2654 delight in |
| to kill us | לַהֲמִיתֵ֙נוּ֙ | la·hă·mî·ṯê·nū | Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; first person common plural | H4191 die |
| He would not | לֹֽא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| have accepted | לָקַ֤ח | lā·qaḥ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H3947 take |
| the burnt offering | עֹלָ֣ה | ‘ō·lāh | Noun - feminine singular | H5930 whole burnt-offering |
| and the grain offering | וּמִנְחָ֔ה | ū·min·ḥāh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H4503 gift, tribute, offering |
| from our hands | מִיָּדֵ֙נוּ֙ | mî·yā·ḏê·nū | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common plural | H3027 hand |
| nor would He | וְלֹ֥א | wə·lō | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| have shown | הֶרְאָ֖נוּ | her·’ā·nū | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common plural | H7200 see |
| us | אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | Direct object marker | H853 mark of the accusative |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| these things | אֵ֑לֶּה | ’êl·leh | Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| or spoken | הִשְׁמִיעָ֖נוּ | hiš·mî·‘ā·nū | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common plural | H8085 hear |
| to us | וְכָעֵ֕ת | wə·ḵā·‘êṯ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article; Noun - common singular | H6256 time |
| this way | כָּזֹֽאת׃ | kā·zōṯ | Preposition-k; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
Cross-references
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1 Corinthians 12:21 · Psalm 25:14 · John 15:15 · John 14:20 · Psalm 86:17 · Proverbs 3:32 · Ecclesiastes 4:9–10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.