They would campוַיַּחֲנוּagainst themעֲלֵיהֶםand destroyוַיַּשְׁחִיתוּthe produceאֶת יְבוּלof the landהָאָרֶץas far asעַדyour comingבּוֹאֲךָto Gaza,עַזָּהand they would notוְלֹאleaveיַשְׁאִירוּsustenanceמִחְיָהin Israel,בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלneither lambוְשֶׂהnor oxוָשׁוֹרnor donkey.וַחֲמוֹר
Judges 6:4
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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- to Gazaעַזָּהaza
Gaza
See it on the mapWhere else “aza” 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
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).
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.