Judges 3:8
Therefore Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan Rishathaim eight years.This verse in the real world
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- כּוּשַׁן רִשְׁעָתַיִםKûwshan RishʻâthayimCushan-Rishathajim, a Mesopotamian king
- אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִםʼĂram NahărayimAram of (the) two rivers (Euphrates and Tigris) or Mesopotamia
- מָכַרmâkarto sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively
- חָרָהchârâhto glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
- שְׁמֹנֶהshᵉmôneha cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) ei
- עָבַדʻâbadto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
- אַףʼaphproperly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the
- יָדyâda hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.