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Judges 5:8

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[The inhabitants of] the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.	They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?	My heart [is] toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

They chose^H977 new^H2319 gods^H430; then was war^H3901 in the gates^H8179: was there a shield^H4043 or spear^H7420 seen^H7200 among forty^H705 thousand^H505 in Israel^H3478?

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Original Hebrew

יִבְחַר אֱלֹהִים חֲדָשִׁים אָז לָחֶם שְׁעָרִים מָגֵן אִם־יֵרָאֶה וָרֹמַח בְּאַרְבָּעִים אֶלֶף בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
יִבְחַר֙	yiv.Char	H977	HVqi3ms	it chose
אֱלֹהִ֣ים	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	gods
חֲדָשִׁ֔ים	cha.da.Shim	H2319	HAampa	new
אָ֖ז	'az	H227	HD	then
לָחֶ֣ם	la.Chem	H3901	HNcmsa	bread
שְׁעָרִ֑ים	she.'a.Rim	H8179	HNcmpa	gates
מָגֵ֤ן	ma.Gen	H4043	HNcbsa	a shield
אִם	'im-	H518	HC	if
יֵֽרָאֶה֙	ye.ra.'Eh	H7200	HVNi3ms	it was seen
וָ/רֹ֔מַח	va./Ro.mach	H7420	HC/Ncmsa	and/ a spear
בְּ/אַרְבָּעִ֥ים	be./'ar.ba.'Im	H705	HR/Acbpa	among/ forty
אֶ֖לֶף	'E.lef	H505	HAcbsa	thousand
בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵֽל	be./Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HR/Np	in/ Israel

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H505 — אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, eh'-lef): prop, the same as אֶלֶף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.
• H705 — אַרְבָּעִים (ʼarbâʻîym, ar-baw-eem'): multiple of אַרְבַּע; forty; -forty.
• H977 — בָּחַר (bâchar, baw-khar'): a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select; acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
• H2319 — חָדָשׁ (châdâsh, khaw-dawsh'): from חָדַשׁ; new; fresh, new thing.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H3901 — לָחֶם (lâchem, law-khem'): from לָחַם,; battle; war.
• H4043 — מָגֵן (mâgên, maw-gane'): also (in plural) feminine מְגִנָּה; from גָּנַן; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile; [idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale, shield.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
• H7420 — רֹמַח (rômach, ro'-makh): from an unused root meaning to hurl; a lance (as thrown); especially the iron point; buckler, javelin, lancet, spear.
• H8179 — שַׁעַר (shaʻar, shah'-ar): from שָׁעַר in its original sense; an opening, i.e. door or gate; city, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H227 — אָז (ʼâz, awz): a demonstrative adverb; at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore; beginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet.
• H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.

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