Judges 6:5

“For 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.”

Judges 6:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 6:5, word by word

would come upיַעֲלוּyaalu

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

Where else “yaalu” appears
with their livestockמִקְנֵיmikne

livestock

Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.

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and their tentsאָהֳלֵיahole

tent

A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.

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and they would comeבָאוּvau

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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like locustsדֵיde

as often as

Together with other words: whenever, as often as, as much as suffices.

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like locustsאַרְבֶּהarbe

locust

Locust: an insect that comes in huge swarms and devours everything green.

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in multitudeרֹבrov

multitude

A great crowd of people or things.

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and their camelsגְמַלֵּיgemale

camel

Camel.

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numberמִסְפָּרmispar

number

The amount that results from counting: how many there are.

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into the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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to destroy itשַׁחֲתָshachata

destroy

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

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The context

4They 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.

5 · This verse (above)

6Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried out to YHWH.

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