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Judges 6:5

For 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.
Judges 6:5
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

כִּ֡י הֵם֩ וּמִקְנֵיהֶ֨ם יַעֲל֜וּ וְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם וּבָ֤אוּ כְדֵֽי־אַרְבֶּה֙ לָרֹ֔ב וְלָהֶ֥ם וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖ם אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֑ר וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ בָאָ֖רֶץ לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃

  1. כִּ֡יki“for”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  2. הֵם֩hem“they”
    Pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from הֵ֫מָּה · “they(masc.)” · Strong's H1992
  3. וּמִקְנֵיהֶ֨םu.mik.nei.Hem“and livestock their”
    Conjunction + Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from מִקְנֶה · “livestock” · Strong's H4735
  4. יַעֲל֜וּya.'a.Lu“they came up”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from עָלָה · “rise” · Strong's H5927G
  5. וְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֗םve.'o.ho.lei.Hem“and tents their”
    Conjunction + Noun, masculine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from אֹ֫הֶל · “tent” · Strong's H0168G
  6. וּבָ֤אוּvu.ba'u“and they came”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural · from בּוֹא · “come” · Strong's H0935G
    Qere: the scribes' reading in the margin
  7. כְדֵֽי־khe.dei-“according to [the] abundance of”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from דַּי · “enough” · Strong's H1767
  8. אַרְבֶּה֙'ar.Beh“locust[s]”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from אַרְבֶּה · “locust” · Strong's H0697
  9. לָרֹ֔בla.Ro“for multitude”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from רֹב · “abundance” · Strong's H7230
  10. וְלָהֶ֥םve.la.Hem“and [belonged] to them”
    Conjunction + Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from Op3m · “them” · Strong's H9038
  11. וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖םve.lig.ma.lei.Hem“and to camels their”
    Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, masculine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from גָּמָל · “camel” · Strong's H1581
  12. אֵ֣ין'ein“not”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from אַ֫יִן · “nothing” · Strong's H0369
  13. מִסְפָּ֑רmis.Par“number”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from מִסְפָּר · “number” · Strong's H4557
  14. וַיָּבֹ֥אוּvai.ya.Vo.'u“and they came”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from בּוֹא · “come” · Strong's H0935G
  15. בָאָ֖רֶץva.'A.retz“in the land”
    Preposition with article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from אֶ֫רֶץ · “country; planet” · Strong's H0776G
  16. לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃le.sha.cha.Tah“to destroy it”
    Preposition + Verb, piel, infinitive construct, common + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from שָׁחַת · “to ruin” · Strong's H7843
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)