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So allוַ כָּלthe menאִישׁof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלgatheredיֵּאָסֵףagainstאֶלthe city,הָעִירunitedחֲבֵרִיםas oneכְּ אֶחָדman.אִישׁ
Judges 20:11
Study it in the app“So all the men of Israel gathered against the city, united as one man.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 20:11, word by word
- the menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” 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- gatheredיֵּאָסֵףyeasef
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “yeasef” appears- the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- unitedחֲבֵרִיםchaverim
companion, united
Companion, joined to others; "united" as a single group.
Where else “chaverim” appears- as oneאֶחָדechad
united
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echad” appears
The context
10And 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.”
11 · This verse (above)
12And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribes of Benjamin, saying, “What is this evil that has happened among you?