And the leading menפִּנּוֹתof allכָּלthe people,הָעָםallכֹּלthe tribesשִׁבְטֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלtook their standוַיִּתְיַצְּבוּin the assemblyבִּקְהַלof the peopleעַםof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםfourאַרְבַּעhundredמֵאוֹתthousandאֶלֶףfootרַגְלִיsoldiersאִישׁwho drewשֹׁלֵףthe sword.חָרֶב
Judges 20:2
Study it in the app“And the leading men of all the people, all the tribes of Israel, took their stand in the assembly of the people of Elohim, four hundred thousand foot soldiers who drew the sword.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 20:2, word by word
- And the leading menפִּנּוֹתpinot
leader
The leaders of the people.
Where else “pinot” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” 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- took their standיִּתְיַצְּבוּyityatsvu
take one's stand
Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.
Where else “yityatsvu” appears- in the assemblyקְהַלkehal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kehal” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” 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- footרַגְלִיragli
on foot
On foot: a grown man who marches on foot.
Where else “ragli” appears- soldiersאִישׁish
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
The context
1Then all the sons of Israel went out, and the community assembled as one man, from Dan to Beersheba, and the land of Gilead, to YHWH at Mizpah.
2 · This verse (above)
3Now the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah. And the sons of Israel said, “Tell us, how did this evil happen?”