KJV: In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
YLT: In the days of Shamgar son of Anath -- In the days of Jael -- The ways have ceased, And those going in the paths go in crooked ways.
Darby: "In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Ja'el, caravans ceased and travelers kept to the byways.
ASV: In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways.
בִּימֵ֞י | In the days |
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year. |
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שַׁמְגַּ֤ר | of Shamgar |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שַׁמְגַּר Sense: son of Anath and a judge of Israel; with an ox-goad he slew 600 Philistines and delivered Israel. |
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בֶּן־ | son |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group. |
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עֲנָת֙ | of Anath |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: עֲנָת Sense: father of Shamgar. |
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יָעֵ֔ל | of Jael |
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: יָעֵל Sense: the wife of Heber the Kenite who killed the general Sisera as he slept by driving a peg through his temples into the ground. |
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חָדְל֖וּ | were deserted |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: חָדַל Sense: to stop, cease, desist, forego, cease to be, leave undone, forbear. |
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אֳרָח֑וֹת | the highways |
Parse: Noun, common plural Root: אֹרַח Sense: way, path. |
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נְתִיב֔וֹת | the travelers |
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: נָתִיב Sense: trodden with the feet, path, pathway. |
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יֵלְכ֕וּ | walked |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: הָלַךְ Sense: to go, walk, come. |
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אֳרָח֖וֹת | ways |
Parse: Noun, common plural Root: אֹרַח Sense: way, path. |
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עֲקַלְקַלּֽוֹת | [along] the byways |
Parse: Adjective, feminine plural Root: עֲקַלְקָל Sense: winding, devious, crooked. |