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And the sonsוַ בְנֵיof Benjaminבִנְיָמִןcame outיֵּצְאוּfromמִןGibeahהַגִּבְעָהand brought downוַיַּשְׁחִיתוּin Israelבְיִשְׂרָאֵלon thatבַּ הַהוּאdayיּוֹםtwenty-twoשְׁנַיִם וְעֶשְׂרִיםthousandאֶלֶףmenאִישׁto the ground.אָרְצָה
Judges 20:21
Study it in the app“And the sons of Benjamin came out from Gibeah and brought down in Israel on that day twenty-two thousand men to the ground.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 20:21, 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- came outיֵּצְאוּyetsu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsu” appears- Gibeahגִּבְעָהgiva
Gibeah
Gibeah: the name of several towns; it means "hill."
Where else “giva” appears- and brought downיַּשְׁחִיתוּyashchitu
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “yashchitu” appears- in 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- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- twenty-twoשְׁנַיִםshenayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appears- twenty-twoעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” 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- to the groundאָרְצָartsa
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appears
The context
20And the men of Israel went out to war with Benjamin, and the men of Israel drew up for war against them at Gibeah.
21 · This verse (above)
22But the people, the men of Israel, strengthened themselves and again drew up for war in the place where they had drawn up on the first day.