Judges
Judges 21:3
3“Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why | לָמָ֗ה | lā·māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| O LORD | יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| God | אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ’ĕ·lō·hê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H430 God |
| of Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yiś·rā·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| they cried out | וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ | way·yō·mə·rū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H559 utter, say |
| has this | זֹּ֖את | zōṯ | Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| happened | הָ֥יְתָה | hā·yə·ṯāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| in Israel | בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | bə·yiś·rā·’êl | Preposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| Today | הַיּ֛וֹם | hay·yō·wm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| in Israel | מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | mî·yiś·rā·’êl | Preposition-m; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| one | אֶחָֽד׃ | ’e·ḥāḏ | Number - masculine singular | H259 one |
| tribe | שֵׁ֥בֶט | šê·ḇeṭ | Noun - masculine singular | H7626 rod, staff, club, sceptre |
| is missing | לְהִפָּקֵ֥ד | lə·hip·pā·qêḏ | Preposition-l; Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct | H6485 attend to, visit, muster, appoint |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.