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The sonsבְנֵיof IsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלservedוַיַּעַבְדוּEglonאֶת עֶגְלוֹןkingמֶלֶךְof Moabמוֹאָבeighteenשְׁמוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵהyears.שָׁנָה
Judges 3:14
Study it in the app“The sons of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 3:14, word by word
- The sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of 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- servedיַּעַבְדוּyaavdu
serve
To serve a person.
Where else “yaavdu” appears- Eglonעֶגְלוֹןeglon
Eglon
Eglon: a Canaanite city of the Shephelah; also the name of a king of Moab (Judges 3).
Where else “eglon” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- eighteenשְׁמוֹנֶהshemone
eight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemone” appears- eighteenעֶשְׂרֵהesre
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears
Places in this verse
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
The context
13He gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek, and he went and struck Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms.
14 · This verse (above)
15The sons of Israel cried out to YHWH, and YHWH raised up for them a savior, Ehud son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a man left-handed. The sons of Israel sent by his hand tribute to Eglon king of Moab.