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Of allמִכֹּלthisהַזֶּהpeopleהָעָםthere were sevenשְׁבַעhundredמֵאוֹתchosenבָּחוּרmenאִישׁwho were left-handed;אִטֵּר יַד יְמִינוֹevery one of theseכָּל זֶהcould slingקֹלֵעַa stoneבָּאֶבֶןatאֶלa hairהַשַּׂעֲרָהandוְnotלֹאmiss.יַחֲטִא
Judges 20:16
Study it in the app“Of 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 20:16, word by word
- peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- there were 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- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- who were left-handedאִטֵּרiter
bound, impeded
Impeded, not using one hand; "impeded in the right hand" is left-handed.
Where else “iter” appears- who were left-handedיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- who were left-handedיְמִינyemin
right hand
The hand on the side of strength and honor.
Where else “yemin” appears- could slingקֹלֵעַkolea
sling
To hurl stones with a strap; cast far away.
Where else “kolea” appears- a stoneאֶבֶןeven
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appears- a hairשַּׂעֲרָהsaara
hair
Hair: a single hair; also hair in general.
Where else “saara” appears- missיַחֲטִאyachati
miss
To miss the target, fail to hit.
Where else “yachati” appears
Translation note
“Not miss” is the same verb that is elsewhere translated “sin”: its first sense is “not hit the mark.”
The context
15And 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.
16 · This verse (above)
17And the men of Israel were counted, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men who drew the sword; all these were men of war.