Judges 15:8 Go deeper

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. (KJV)

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וַיַּ֨ךְvai.Yakhand he struck

Lemma: נָכָה (na.khah) · Strong's: H5221

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)

Meaning: to smite

Used 499 times. Also: Genesis 4:15, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 14:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5221; TAHOT Judges 15:8 word 1

אוֹתָ֥ם'o.Tam<obj.> them

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 15:8 word 2

שׁ֛וֹקShokleg

Lemma: שׁוֹק (shoq) · Strong's: H7785

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: leg

Used 19 times. Also: Exodus 29:22, Exodus 29:27, Leviticus 7:32, Leviticus 7:33, Leviticus 7:34, Leviticus 8:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7785; TAHOT Judges 15:8 word 3

עַל\־'al-with

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Judges 15:8 word 4

יָרֵ֖ךְya.Rekhthigh

Lemma: יָרֵךְ (ya.rekh) · Strong's: H3409

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: thigh

Used 34 times. Also: Genesis 24:2, Genesis 24:9, Genesis 32:25, Genesis 32:31, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 46:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3409; TAHOT Judges 15:8 word 5

מַכָּ֣הma.Kaha defeat

Lemma: מַכָּה (mak.kah) · Strong's: H4347

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: wound

Used 48 times. Also: Leviticus 26:21, Numbers 11:33, Deuteronomy 25:3, Deuteronomy 28:59, Deuteronomy 28:61, Deuteronomy 29:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4347; TAHOT Judges 15:8 word 6

גְדוֹלָ֑הge.do.Lahgreat

Lemma: גָּדוֹל (ga.dol) · Strong's: H1419A

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)

Meaning: great: large

Used 495 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 4:13, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 12:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1419A; TAHOT Judges 15:8 word 7

וַיֵּ֣רֶדvai.Ye.redand he went down

Lemma: יָרַד (ya.rad) · Strong's: H3381

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to go down

Used 378 times. Also: Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 12:10, Genesis 15:11, Genesis 18:21, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3381; TAHOT Judges 15:8 word 8

וַיֵּ֔שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevand he dwelt

Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to dwell

Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Judges 15:8 word 9

בִּסְעִ֖יףbis.'Ifin [the] cleft of

Lemma: סָעִיף (sa.iph) · Strong's: H5585

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: cleft

Used 6 times. Also: Judges 15:11, Isaiah 2:21, Isaiah 17:6, Isaiah 27:10, Isaiah 57:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5585; TAHOT Judges 15:8 word 10

סֶ֥לַעSe.la'[the] rock of

Lemma: סֶ֫לַע (se.la) · Strong's: H5553H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: crag

Used 56 times. Also: Numbers 20:8, Numbers 20:10, Numbers 20:11, Numbers 24:21, Deuteronomy 32:13, Judges 6:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5553H; TAHOT Judges 15:8 word 11

עֵיטָֽם\׃\ \ס'ei.TamEtam

Lemma: עֵיטָם (e.tam) · Strong's: H5862G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Etam

Used 2 times. Also: Judges 15:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5862G; TAHOT Judges 15:8 word 12

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

And he struck	→	נָכָה H5221 to smite
them	→	אֵת H0853 [Obj.]
ruthlessly	→	שׁוֹק H7785 leg
. . .	→	עַל H5921A upon
. . .	→	יָרֵךְ H3409 thigh
with a great	→	גָּדוֹל H1419A great: large
slaughter	→	מַכָּה H4347 wound
and then went down	→	יָרַד H3381 to go down
and stayed	→	יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell
in the cave	→	סָעִיף H5585 cleft
at the rock	→	סֶ֫לַע H5553H crag
of Etam	→	עֵיטָם H5862G Etam

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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