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Ehudאֵהוּדreached outוַיִּשְׁלַחhis leftשְׂמֹאלוֹhand,אֶת יַדtookוַיִּקַּחthe swordאֶת הַחֶרֶבfromמֵעַלhis rightיְמִינוֹthigh,יֶרֶךְand thrust itוַיִּתְקָעֶהָinto his belly.בְּבִטְנוֹ
Judges 3:21
Study it in the app“Ehud reached out his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 3:21, word by word
- Ehudאֵהוּדehud
Ehud
Ehud: a judge of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, who delivered the people from Eglon, king of Moab.
Where else “ehud” appears- reached outיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
stretch out
Literally "send the hand": move the arm toward something to take or strike it.
Where else “yishlach” appears- his leftשְׂמֹאלsemol
left
The side of the hand that is not the right.
Where else “semol” appears- handיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- tookיִּקַּחyikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appears- the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- his rightיְמִינyemin
right side
The right side.
Where else “yemin” appears- thighיֶרֶךְyerech
thigh
The part of the leg near the hip, where the sword is strapped and an oath is sworn.
Where else “yerech” appears- and thrust itיִּתְקָעֶyitkae
drive in
To drive in a peg or nail something firmly.
Where else “yitkae” appears- into his bellyבִטְנvitn
belly
The belly; also one's innermost part.
Where else “vitn” appears
The context
20Ehud came to him while he was sitting in the upper room of coolness that he had for himself alone. Ehud said, “I have a word of Elohim for you.” And he rose from the seat.
21 · This verse (above)
22The hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not pull the sword out of his belly; and the excrement came out.