14. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 8:14:1 ⧉וַיִּלְכָּד־נַ֛עַרvayilkhadnaarand he captured a young man Judges 8:14:2 ⧉מֵאַנְשֵׁ֥יmeanshefrom the men of Judges 8:14:3 ⧉סֻכּ֖וֹתsukotSuccoth Judges 8:14:4 ⧉וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֑הוּvayishalehuand he questioned him Judges 8:14:5 ⧉וַיִּכְתֹּ֨בvayikhtovand he wrote Judges 8:14:6 ⧉אֵלָ֜יוelavto him Judges 8:14:7 ⧉אֶת־שָׂרֵ֤יetsarethe officials of Judges 8:14:8 ⧉סֻכּוֹת֙sukotSuccoth Judges 8:14:9 ⧉וְאֶת־זְקֵנֶ֔יהָveetzekenehaand the elders of it or her Judges 8:14:10 ⧉שִׁבְעִ֥יםshiviimseventy Judges 8:14:11 ⧉וְשִׁבְעִ֖הveshivaand seven Judges 8:14:12 ⧉אִֽישׁ׃ishmen |
14. Formal Translation And he captured a young man from among the men of Sukkoth and questioned him, and he wrote down for him the officials of Sukkoth and its elders, seventy-seven men. |
14. Dynamic Translation He seized a young man from Sukkoth’s people and interrogated him, and the young man wrote out for him the names of Sukkoth’s leaders and elders—seventy-seven men. |