And the sonsוַ בְנֵיof Benjaminבִנְיָמִןwere countedיִּתְפָּקְדוּon thatבַּ הַהוּאdayיּוֹםfromמֵthe cities:הֶעָרִיםtwenty-sixעֶשְׂרִים וְשִׁשָּׁהthousandאֶלֶףmenאִישׁwho drewשֹׁלֵףthe sword,חָרֶבbesidesלְבַדthe inhabitantsמִיֹּשְׁבֵיof Gibeah,הַגִּבְעָהwho were counted:הִתְפָּקְדוּsevenשְׁבַעhundredמֵאוֹתchosenבָּחוּרmen.אִישׁ
Judges 20:15
Study it in the app“And the sons of Benjamin were counted on that day from the cities: twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were counted: seven hundred chosen men.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 20:15, word by word
- And the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Benjaminבִנְיָמִןvinyamin
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 “vinyamin” appears- were countedיִּתְפָּקְדוּyitpakdu
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “yitpakdu” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- the citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- twenty-sixעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- twenty-sixשִׁשָּׁהshisha
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shisha” appears- thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- who drewשֹׁלֵףsholef
draw out
Draw out, pull out: take the sword out of its sheath; also pull off or pull up.
Where else “sholef” appears- the swordחָרֶבcharev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appears- besidesבַדvad
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appears- the inhabitantsיֹּשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of Gibeahגִּבְעָהgiva
Gibeah
Gibeah: the name of several towns; it means "hill."
Where else “giva” appears- sevenשְׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- chosenבָּחוּרbachur
choice
The men picked out of a group, such as the strongest for war.
Where else “bachur” appears
The context
14And the sons of Benjamin gathered from the cities to Gibeah to go out to war with the sons of Israel.
15 · This verse (above)
16Of all this people there were seven hundred chosen men who were left-handed; every one of these could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.