Judges

Judges 5:8

⁸When they chose new gods,

then war came to their gates.

Not a shield or spear was found

among forty thousand in Israel.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When they chose	יִבְחַר֙	yiḇ·ḥar	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H977 choose
new	חֲדָשִׁ֔ים	ḥă·ḏā·šîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H2319 new
gods	אֱלֹהִ֣ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
then	אָ֖ז	’āz	Adverb	H227 at that time, then
war	לָחֶ֣ם	lā·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular	H3901 battle
came to their gates	שְׁעָרִ֑ים	šə·‘ā·rîm	Noun - masculine plural	H8179 gate
Not	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
a shield	מָגֵ֤ן	mā·ḡên	Noun - common singular	H4043 shield
or spear	וָרֹ֔מַח	wā·rō·maḥ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H7420 spear, lance
was found	יֵֽרָאֶה֙	yê·rā·’eh	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7200 see
among forty	בְּאַרְבָּעִ֥ים	bə·’ar·bā·‘îm	Preposition-b; Number - common plural	H705 forty
thousand	אֶ֖לֶף	’e·lep̄	Number - masculine singular	H505 thousand
in Israel	בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	bə·yiś·rā·’êl	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.