And we will takeוְלָקַחְנוּtenעֲשָׂרָהmenאֲנָשִׁיםof a hundredלַמֵּאָהfrom allלְכֹלthe tribesשִׁבְטֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand a hundredוּמֵאָהof a thousand,לָאֶלֶףand a thousandוְאֶלֶףof ten thousand,לָרְבָבָהto takeלָקַחַתprovisionsצֵדָהfor the people,לָעָםso that they may act,לַעֲשׂוֹתwhen they comeלְבוֹאָםto Gebaלְגֶבַעof Benjamin,בִּנְיָמִןaccording to allכְּכָלthe infamyהַנְּבָלָהthatאֲשֶׁרit has doneעָשָׂהin Israel.”בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל
Judges 20:10
Study it in the app“And we will take ten men of a hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to take provisions for the people, so that they may act, when they come to Geba of Benjamin, according to all the infamy that it has done in Israel.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 20:10, word by word
- And we will takeלָקַחְנוּlakachnu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachnu” appears- tenעֲשָׂרָהasara
ten
Ten.
Where else “asara” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- of a hundredמֵּאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- the tribesשִׁבְטֵיshivte
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” appears- of 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- of a thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- of ten thousandרְבָבָהrevava
ten thousand, myriad
Ten thousand; a countless multitude.
Where else “revava” appears- provisionsצֵדָהtseda
provisions
Food for the journey.
Where else “tseda” appears- for the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- so that they may actעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- when they comeבוֹאָvoa
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “voa” appears- to Gebaגֶבַעgeva
Geba
Geba: a town of Benjamin, later a Levite city. The name means "hill."
Where else “geva” appears- of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִןbinyamin
Benjamin
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 “binyamin” appears- the infamyנְּבָלָהnevala
outrage, folly
Outrage, disgraceful folly: a shameful act that gravely offends the whole community.
Where else “nevala” appears
Translation note
Here the Hebrew writes “Geba” where the rest of the account says “Gibeah”; both names mean “hill.”
The context
9But now this is the thing that we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot.
10 · This verse (above)
11So all the men of Israel gathered against the city, united as one man.