Judges 8:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith to Jether his first-born, ‘Rise, slay them;’ and the young man hath not drawn his sword, for he hath been afraid, for he [is] yet a youth.

King James Bible
And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, [and] slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he [was] yet a youth.

Hebrew
So he said
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to Jether,
לְיֶ֣תֶר (lə·ye·ṯer)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3500: Jether -- Moses' father-in-law, also the name of several Israelites

his firstborn,
בְּכוֹר֔וֹ (bə·ḵō·w·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1060: Firstborn, chief

“Get up
ק֖וּם (qūm)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

and kill them.”
הֲרֹ֣ג (hă·rōḡ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent

But the young man
הַנַּ֤עַר (han·na·‘ar)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

did not
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

draw
שָׁלַ֨ף (šā·lap̄)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8025: To pull out, up, off

his sword;
חַרְבּוֹ֙ (ḥar·bōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

he was fearful
יָרֵ֔א (yā·rê)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

because
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

he was still
עוֹדֶ֖נּוּ (‘ō·w·ḏen·nū)
Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

a youth.
נָֽעַר׃ (nā·‘ar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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