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And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. (KJV)
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וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֧טvai.yish.Potand he judged
Lemma: שָׁפַט (sha.phat) · Strong's: H8199
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to judge
Used 201 times. Also: Genesis 16:5, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 31:53, Exodus 2:14, Exodus 5:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8199; TAHOT Judges 15:20 word 1
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Judges 15:20 word 2
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElIsrael
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Israel
Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT Judges 15:20 word 3
בִּימֵ֥יbi.Meiin [the] days of
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Judges 15:20 word 4
פְלִשְׁתִּ֖יםfe.lish.Tim[the] Philistines
Lemma: פְּלִשְׁתִּי (pe.lish.ti) · Strong's: H6430G
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)
Meaning: Philistine
Used 283 times. Also: Genesis 21:32, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 26:1, Genesis 26:8, Genesis 26:14, Genesis 26:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6430G; TAHOT Judges 15:20 word 5
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים'es.Rimtwenty
Lemma: עֶשְׂרִים (es.rim) · Strong's: H6242
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: twenty
Used 315 times. Also: Genesis 6:3, Genesis 8:14, Genesis 11:24, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 23:1, Genesis 31:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6242; TAHOT Judges 15:20 word 6
שָׁנָֽה\׃\ \פsha.Nahyear[s]
Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: year
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Judges 15:20 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And [Samson] judged | → | שָׁפַט H8199 to judge |
| Israel | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
| for twenty | → | עֶשְׂרִים H6242 twenty |
| years | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
| in the days | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| of the Philistines | → | פְּלִשְׁתִּי H6430G Philistine |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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