Judges 7:4
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many people. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
BSB
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ASV
And Jehovah said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
KJV
And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
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35 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| יְהוָ֜ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| גִּדְע֗וֹן | gid.'on | Gideon | H1439 → |
| עוֹד֮ | 'Od | still | H5750 → |
| הָעָ֣ם | ha.'Am | the people | H5971 → |
| רָב֒ | rav | [is] numerous | H7227 → |
| הוֹרֵ֤ד | ho.Red | bring down | H3381 → |
| אוֹתָם֙ | 'o.Tam | <obj.> them | H853 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| הַמַּ֔יִם | ha.Ma.yim | the water | H4325 → |
| וְאֶצְרְפֶ֥נּוּ | ve.'etz.re.Fe.nu | so I may test it | H6884 → |
| לְךָ֖ | le.Kha | for <the> you | |
| שָׁ֑ם | Sham | there | H8033 → |
| וְהָיָ֡ה | ve.ha.Yah | and it will be | H1961 → |
| אֲשֶׁר֩ | 'a.Sher | [the one] whom | H834 → |
| אֹמַ֨ר | 'o.Mar | I will say | H559 → |
| אֵלֶ֜יךָ | 'e.Lei.kha | to you | H413 → |
| זֶ֣ה׀ | zeh | this [one] | H2088 → |
| יֵלֵ֣ךְ | ye.Lekh | he will go | H1980 → |
| אִתָּ֗ךְ | 'i.Takh | with you | H854 → |
| ה֚וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → |
| יֵלֵ֣ךְ | ye.Lekh | he will go | H1980 → |
| אִתָּ֔ךְ | 'i.Takh | with you | H854 → |
| וְכֹ֨ל | ve.Khol | and every | H3605 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | [one] whom | H834 → |
| אֹמַ֜ר | 'o.Mar | I will say | H559 → |
| אֵלֶ֗יךָ | 'e.Lei.kha | to you | H413 → |
| זֶ֚ה | zeh | this [one] | H2088 → |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| יֵלֵ֣ךְ | ye.Lekh | he will go | H1980 → |
| עִמָּ֔ךְ | 'i.Makh | with you | H5973 → |
| ה֖וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| יֵלֵֽךְ׃ | ye.Lekh | he will go | H1980 → |
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