Judges 8:19

Bible › Judges › Chapter 8 › Verse 19

And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.“They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”

In other translations

And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.“They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”

Hebrew words

וַיֹּאמַרvaiyomarand he saidH559אַחַי'achai[were] brothers myH251בְּנֵי־benei-[the] sons ofH1121אִמִּי'imimother myH517הֵםhemtheyH1992חַי־chai-[by] [the] lifeH2416יְהוָהyahwehof YahwehH3068לוּluifH3863הַחֲיִתֶםhachayitemyou had let liveH2421אוֹתָם'otam<obj.> themH853לֹאlo'notH3808הָרַגְתִּיharagtiI killedH2026אֶתְכֶם׃'etkhem<obj.> youH853

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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