Judges 6:4

“They would camp against them and destroy the produce of the land as far as your coming to Gaza, and they would not leave sustenance in Israel, neither lamb nor ox nor donkey.”

Judges 6:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 6:4, word by word

They would campיַּחֲנוּyachanu

encamp

To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.

Where else “yachanu” appears
and destroyיַּשְׁחִיתוּyashchitu

destroy

To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.

Where else “yashchitu” appears
the produceיְבוּלyevul

produce

Produce: what the land yields.

Where else “yevul” appears
of the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears
your comingבּוֹאֲboa

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “boa” appears
leaveיַשְׁאִירוּyashiru

leave

To leave something over.

Where else “yashiru” appears
sustenanceמִחְיָהmichya

food

What one needs to eat.

Where else “michya” appears
in 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
neither lambשֶׂהse

lamb, sheep

One animal of the flock: a lamb, a sheep or a young goat.

Where else “se” appears
nor oxשׁוֹרshor

ox, bull

Ox or bull: a head of cattle.

Where else “shor” appears
nor donkeyחֲמוֹרchamor

donkey

Donkey, male donkey.

Where else “chamor” appears

Places in this verse

JerusalemGaza
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Gaza

    Today: Gaza City, Gaza Strip

    A Philistine city on the Mediterranean coast, at the far southwest of Israel.

    There the Philistines blinded Samson and made him grind grain (Judg 16:21); he died there pulling down the temple (Judg 16:30).

    Judges 16:21Judges 16:1Jeremiah 47:5

The context

3And whenever Israel had sown, Midian would come up, and Amalek and the sons of the east; they would come up against him.

4 · This verse (above)

5For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, and they would come like locusts in multitude; both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it.

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