5. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 6:5:1 ⧉כִּ֡יkifor Judges 6:5:2 ⧉הֵם֩hemthey Judges 6:5:3 ⧉וּמִקְנֵיהֶ֨םumiknehemand their livestock Judges 6:5:4 ⧉יַעֲל֜וּyaaluthey would go up Judges 6:5:5 ⧉וְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֗םveaholehemand their tents Judges 6:5:6 ⧉יבאוyavothey would come Judges 6:5:7 ⧉וּבָ֤אוּuvauand they came Judges 6:5:8 ⧉כְדֵֽי־אַרְבֶּה֙kedeiarbelike locusts Judges 6:5:9 ⧉לָרֹ֔בlarovin multitude Judges 6:5:10 ⧉וְלָהֶ֥םvelahemand to them Judges 6:5:11 ⧉וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖םveligmalehemand their camels Judges 6:5:12 ⧉אֵ֣יןenthere is no Judges 6:5:13 ⧉מִסְפָּ֑רmisparnumber Judges 6:5:14 ⧉וַיָּבֹ֥אוּvayavouand they came Judges 6:5:15 ⧉בָאָ֖רֶץvaaretsin the land Judges 6:5:16 ⧉לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃leshakhatahto destroy it |
5. Formal Translation They came up with their livestock and their tents, arriving like a multitude of locusts; neither they nor their camels could be numbered, and they entered the land to destroy it. |
5. Dynamic Translation They swept in with their livestock and tents, swarming like a massive horde of locusts; they and their camels were beyond counting, and they ravaged the land. |