Forכִּיtheyהֵםwould come upיַעֲלוּwith their livestockוּמִקְנֵיהֶםand their tents,וְאָהֳלֵיהֶםand they would comeוּבָאוּlike locustsכְדֵי אַרְבֶּהin multitude;לָרֹבboth theyוְלָהֶםand their camelsוְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶםwere withoutאֵיןnumber;מִסְפָּרand they cameוַיָּבֹאוּinto the landבָאָרֶץto destroy it.לְשַׁחֲתָהּ
Judges 6:5
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “mikne” appears- and their tentsאָהֳלֵיahole
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ahole” appears- and they would comeבָאוּvau
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vau” appears- like locustsדֵיde
as often as
Together with other words: whenever, as often as, as much as suffices.
Where else “de” appears- like locustsאַרְבֶּהarbe
locust
Locust: an insect that comes in huge swarms and devours everything green.
Where else “arbe” appears- in multitudeרֹבrov
multitude
A great crowd of people or things.
Where else “rov” appears- and their camelsגְמַלֵּיgemale
camel
Camel.
Where else “gemale” appears- numberמִסְפָּרmispar
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appears- into the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- to destroy itשַׁחֲתָshachata
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “shachata” appears
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.