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Now the sixוְשֵׁשׁhundredמֵאוֹתmenאִישׁarmed withחֲגוּרִיםtheir weaponsכְּלֵיof war,מִלְחַמְתָּםwhoאֲשֶׁרwere of the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Dan,דָןwere standingנִצָּבִיםat the entranceפֶּתַחof the gate.הַשָּׁעַר
Judges 18:16
Study it in the app“Now the six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the sons of Dan, were standing at the entrance of the gate.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 18:16, word by word
- Now the sixשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- armed withחֲגוּרִיםchagurim
gird
Gird: fasten a garment, a belt or a weapon around the waist for walking, working or fighting.
Where else “chagurim” appears- their weaponsכְּלֵיkele
weapon
What is carried to war to fight with: sword, bow, spear.
Where else “kele” appears- of warמִלְחַמְתָּmilchamta
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchamta” appears- were of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Danדָןdan
Dan
See it on the mapWhere else “dan” appears- were standingנִצָּבִיםnitsavim
stand
To remain upright in a place without moving.
Where else “nitsavim” appears- at the entranceפֶּתַחpetach
entrance, door
Entrance, doorway, door, opening.
Where else “petach” appears- of the gateשָּׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears
Places in this verse
Dan
Today: Tel Dan nature reserve, northern Israel
A city at the far north of Israel, at the foot of Mount Hermon.
The tribe of Dan took the city and gave it their name (Judg 18:29). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
The context
15So they turned aside there and came to the house of the young man, the Levite, at the house of Micah, and asked him about his welfare.
16 · This verse (above)
17And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went up; they came in there, took the carved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the cast image, while the priest was standing at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.