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And he judgedוַיִּשְׁפֹּטIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלin the daysבִּימֵיof the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםyears.שָׁנָה
Judges 15:20
Study it in the app“And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 15:20, word by word
- And 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- in the daysימֵיyme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appears- of the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםfelishtim
Philistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “felishtim” appears- twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears
The context
19And Elohim split open the hollow that is in Lehi, and water came out of it, and he drank, and his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore he called its name En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.
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