Judges 12:14
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.

Young's Literal Translation
and he hath forty sons, and thirty grandsons, riding on seventy ass-colts, and he judgeth Israel eight years.

King James Bible
And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

Hebrew
He had
וַיְהִי־ (way·hî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

forty
אַרְבָּעִ֣ים (’ar·bā·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 705: Forty

sons
בָּנִ֗ים (bā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

and thirty
וּשְׁלֹשִׁים֙ (ū·šə·lō·šîm)
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural
Strong's 7970: Thirty, thirtieth

grandsons,
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

who rode
רֹכְבִ֖ים (rō·ḵə·ḇîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7392: To ride, to place upon, to despatch

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

seventy
שִׁבְעִ֣ים (šiḇ·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 7657: Seventy (a cardinal number)

donkeys.
עֲיָרִ֑ם (‘ă·yā·rim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5895: A young ass, an ass-colt

And he judged
וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט (way·yiš·pōṭ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

eight
שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה (šə·mō·neh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 8083: A cardinal number, eight, eighth

years.
שָׁנִֽים׃ (šā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 8141: A year

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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