He hadוַיְהִי לוֹthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםsons,בָּנִיםand thirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁיםdaughtersבָּנוֹתhe sentשִׁלַּחoutside,הַחוּצָהand thirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁיםdaughtersבָּנוֹתhe broughtהֵבִיאfor his sonsלְבָנָיוfromמִןoutside.הַחוּץHe judgedוַיִּשְׁפֹּטIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלsevenשֶׁבַעyears.שָׁנִים
Judges 12:9
Study it in the app“He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters he sent outside, and thirty daughters he brought for his sons from outside. He judged Israel seven years.”
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Judges 12:9, word by word
- He hadיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim
thirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appears- sonsבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- daughtersבָּנוֹתbanot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “banot” appears- he sentשִׁלַּחshilach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilach” appears- outsideחוּצָchutsa
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chutsa” appears- he broughtהֵבִיאhevi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “hevi” appears- He judgedיִּשְׁפֹּטyishpot
govern
To rule the people, like Gideon or Samuel.
Where else “yishpot” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- sevenשֶׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- yearsשָׁנִיםshanim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears
Translation note
It can be understood that he married his daughters to men of other families and brought wives for his sons from other families.
The context
8After him Ibzan from Bethlehem judged Israel.
9 · This verse (above)
10And Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.