And Benjaminוַ בִנְיָמִןwent outיֵּצֵאto meet themלִקְרָאתָםfromמִןGibeahהַגִּבְעָהon the secondבַּ הַשֵּׁנִיdayיּוֹםand brought downוַיַּשְׁחִיתוּamong the sonsבִבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלanotherעוֹדeighteenשְׁמֹנַת עָשָׂרthousandאֶלֶףmenאִישׁto the ground;אָרְצָהallכָּלtheseאֵלֶּהwere men who drewשֹׁלְפֵיthe sword.חָרֶב
Judges 20:25
Study it in the app“And Benjamin went out to meet them from Gibeah on the second day and brought down among the sons of Israel another eighteen thousand men to the ground; all these were men who drew the sword.”
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Judges 20:25, word by word
- And 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- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- to meet themקְרָאתָkerata
go against
To go out to meet an army in order to fight.
Where else “kerata” appears- Gibeahגִּבְעָהgiva
Gibeah
Gibeah: the name of several towns; it means "hill."
Where else “giva” appears- on the secondשֵּׁנִיsheni
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “sheni” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- and brought downיַּשְׁחִיתוּyashchitu
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “yashchitu” appears- among the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” 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- eighteenשְׁמֹנַתshemonat
eight
Eight; also "eighth".
Where else “shemonat” appears- eighteenעָשָׂרasar
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” 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- were men who drewשֹׁלְפֵיsholfe
draw out
Draw out, pull out: take the sword out of its sheath; also pull off or pull up.
Where else “sholfe” appears- the swordחָרֶבcharev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appears
The context
24So the sons of Israel came near to the sons of Benjamin on the second day.
25 · This verse (above)
26Then all the sons of Israel and all the people went up and came to Bethel and wept, and they sat there before YHWH and fasted on that day until evening, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before YHWH.