Study it in the app“He acted with understanding and distributed all his sons through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the fortified cities, and he gave them provisions in abundance, and he asked for a multitude of wives for them.”
He acted with understandingוַיָּבֶןand distributedוַיִּפְרֹץallמִכָּלhis sonsבָּנָיוthrough allלְכָלthe landsאַרְצוֹתof Judahיְהוּדָהand Benjamin,וּבִנְיָמִןto allלְכֹלthe fortifiedהַמְּצֻרוֹתcities,עָרֵיand he gaveוַיִּתֵּןthemלָהֶםprovisionsהַמָּזוֹןin abundance,לָרֹבand he asked forוַיִּשְׁאַלa multitudeהֲמוֹןof wives for them.נָשִׁים
be skilled
To be very wise and skilled in what one does.
Where else “yaven” appearsspread
To grow greatly, multiply.
Where else “yifrots” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsot” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsBenjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “vinyamin” appearsfortress
A city guarded by walls, a protected place.
Where else “metsurot” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appearsfood
Food, provisions.
Where else “mazon” appearsabundance
A great amount, so large that it is not measured.
Where else “rov” appearsask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “yishal” appearsmultitude
Many people gathered, or a great number of something, like an army.
Where else “hamon” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appears22Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as head, as leader among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.
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