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They tookוַיִּקְחוּtheir daughtersאֶת בְּנוֹתֵיהֶםfor themselvesלָהֶםas wives,לְנָשִׁיםand their own daughtersוְאֶת בְּנוֹתֵיהֶםthey gaveנָתְנוּto their sons,לִבְנֵיהֶםand they servedוַיַּעַבְדוּtheir gods.אֶת אֱלֹהֵיהֶם
Judges 3:6
Study it in the app“They took their daughters for themselves as wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons, and they served their gods.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 3:6, word by word
- They tookיִּקְחוּyikchu
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “yikchu” appears- their daughtersבְּנוֹתֵיbenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benote” appears- as wivesנָשִׁיםnashim
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appears- they gaveנָתְנוּnatnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natnu” appears- to their sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- and they servedיַּעַבְדוּyaavdu
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “yaavdu” appears- their godsאֱלֹהֵיelohe
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appears
The context
5So the sons of Israel lived among the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
6 · This verse (above)
7The sons of Israel did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH; they forgot YHWH their Elohim and served the Baals and the Asherahs.