Judges 12:5
And the men of Gilead occupied the fords of Jordan, by which Ephraim should turn again. And when a man, fleeing of the number of Ephraim, had come to the fords, and had said, I beseech, that ye suffer me pass; men of Gilead said to him, Whether thou art a man of Ephraim? And when he had said, I am not,This verse in the real world
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- אֶפְרָתִיʼEphrâthîyan Ephrathite or an Ephraimite
- מַעֲבָרmaʻăbâra crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e.
- פָּלִיטpâlîyṭa refugee
- לָכַדlâkadto catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot)
- גִּלְעָדGilʻâdGilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
- יַרְדֵּןYardênJarden, the principal river of Palestine
- אֶפְרַיִםʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- עָבַרʻâbarto cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intr
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.

