Judges
Judges 21:11
11This is what you are to do: Devote to destructiona every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
Footnotes
- a 21:11 Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This | וְזֶ֥ה | wə·zeh | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| is what | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| you are to do | תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ | ta·‘ă·śū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H6213 do, make |
| Devote to destruction | תַּחֲרִֽימוּ׃ | ta·ḥă·rî·mū | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H2763 ban, devote, exterminate |
| every | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| male | זָכָ֗ר | zā·ḵār | Noun - masculine singular | H2145 male |
| as well as every | וְכָל־ | wə·ḵāl | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| female | אִשָּׁ֛ה | ’iš·šāh | Noun - feminine singular | H802 woman, wife, female |
| who has had relations with | יֹדַ֥עַת | yō·ḏa·‘aṯ | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular | H3045 know |
| a man | זָכָ֖ר | zā·ḵār | Noun - masculine singular | H2145 male |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.