Judges

Judges 6:5

⁵For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֡י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the Midianites	הֵם֩	hêm	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
came	יָבֹאוּ	yå̄·ḇō·ʾū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
with their livestock	וּמִקְנֵיהֶ֨ם	ū·miq·nê·hem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H4735 cattle
and their tents	וְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם	wə·’ā·ho·lê·hem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H168 tent
like a great	לָרֹ֔ב	lā·rōḇ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7230 multitude, abundance, greatness
swarm	כְדֵֽי־	ḵə·ḏê-	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1767 sufficiency, enough
of locusts	אַרְבֶּה֙	’ar·beh	Noun - masculine singular	H697 locust
They	וְלָהֶ֥ם	wə·lā·hem	Conjunctive waw; Preposition; third person masculine plural
and their camels	וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖ם	wə·liḡ·mal·lê·hem	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1581 camel
were innumerable	אֵ֣ין	’ên	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
and they entered	וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ	way·yā·ḇō·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
the land	בָאָ֖רֶץ	ḇā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
to ravage it	לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃	lə·ša·ḥă·ṯāh	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; third person feminine singular	H7843 go to ruin (?)

Cross-references

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Judges 7:12 · Judges 8:10 · Isaiah 60:6 · Jeremiah 49:32 · Jeremiah 46:23 · Isaiah 13:20 · Jeremiah 49:29

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.