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He hadוַיְהִי לוֹfortyאַרְבָּעִיםsonsבָּנִיםand thirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁיםsonsבְּנֵיof his sons,בָנִיםwho rodeרֹכְבִיםonעַלseventyשִׁבְעִיםdonkeys.עֲיָרִםHe judgedוַיִּשְׁפֹּטIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלeightשְׁמֹנֶהyears.שָׁנִים
Judges 12:14
Study it in the app“He had forty sons and thirty sons of his sons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel eight years.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 12:14, word by word
- He hadיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears- sonsבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- and thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim
thirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appears- who rodeרֹכְבִיםrochvim
ride
To ride an animal or a chariot.
Where else “rochvim” appears- seventyשִׁבְעִיםshivim
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appears- donkeysעֲיָרִםayarim
young donkey
Young donkey, colt.
Where else “ayarim” appears- He judgedיִּשְׁפֹּטyishpot
govern
To rule the people, like Gideon or Samuel.
Where else “yishpot” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- eightשְׁמֹנֶהshemone
eight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemone” appears- yearsשָׁנִיםshanim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears
The context
13After him Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
14 · This verse (above)
15And Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried at Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.