Judges

Judges 21:18

¹⁸But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.”

For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But we	וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ	wa·’ă·naḥ·nū	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common plural	H587 we
cannot	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
give	לָתֵת־	lā·ṯêṯ-	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5414 give, put, set
them	לָהֶ֥ם	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
our daughters	מִבְּנוֹתֵ֑ינוּ	mib·bə·nō·w·ṯê·nū	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common plural	H1323 daughter
as wives	נָשִׁ֖ים	nā·šîm	Noun - feminine plural	H802 woman, wife, female
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the Israelites	בְנֵֽי־	ḇə·nê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
had sworn	נִשְׁבְּע֤וּ	niš·bə·‘ū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7650 swear
Cursed is	אָר֕וּר	’ā·rūr	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular	H779 curse
he who gives	נֹתֵ֥ן	nō·ṯên	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
a wife	אִשָּׁ֖ה	’iš·šāh	Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
to a Benjamite	לְבִנְיָמִֽן׃ס	lə·ḇin·yā·min	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1144 Binjamin

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.