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And the menוְאִישׁof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwere counted,הִתְפָּקְדוּapartלְבַדfrom Benjamin,מִבִּנְיָמִןfourאַרְבַּעhundredמֵאוֹתthousandאֶלֶףmenאִישׁwho drewשֹׁלֵףthe sword;חָרֶבallכָּלtheseזֶהwere menאִישׁof war.מִלְחָמָה
Judges 20:17
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With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 20:17, word by word
- And 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- were countedהִתְפָּקְדוּhitpakdu
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “hitpakdu” appears- apartבַדvad
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appears- from 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- fourאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” 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- of warמִלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears
The context
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18They arose and went up to Bethel and inquired of Elohim; and the sons of Israel said, “Who shall go up for us first to war with the sons of Benjamin?” And YHWH said, “Judah first.”