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Judges 5:8

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Masoretic Text 1524

H977 They chose יבחר

H430 gods אלהים

H2319 new חדשׁים

H227 then אז

H3901 was war לחם

H8179 in the gates שׁערים

H4043 was there a shield מגן

H518 אם

H7200 seen יראה

H7420 or spear ורמח

H705 among forty בארבעים

H505 thousand אלף

H3478 in Israel בישׂראל׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

They

H977 chose

H2319 new

H430 gods

H227 then

was

H3901 war

the

H8179 gates

was

there

H4043 shield

H7420 spear

H7200 seen

among

H705 forty

H505 thousand

H3478 Israel

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H430

Hebrew: אֱלֹהִים

Transliteration: ʼĕlôhîym

Pronunciation: el-o-heem'

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: {angels} X-(idiom) {exceeding} God (gods) ({-dess} {-ly}) X-(idiom) (very) {great} {judges} X-(idiom) mighty.

Definition:

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural {thus} especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

1. (plural)

a. rulers, judges

b. divine ones

c. angels

d. gods

2. (plural intensive - singular meaning)

a. god, goddess

b. godlike one

c. works or special possessions of God

d. the (true) God

e. God

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906