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So Israelוַ יִשְׂרָאֵלsetיָּשֶׂםmen in ambushאֹרְבִיםagainst Gibeahאֶל הַגִּבְעָהall around.סָבִיב
Judges 20:29
Study it in the app“So Israel set men in ambush against Gibeah all around.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 20:29, word by word
- So 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- setיָּשֶׂםyasem
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appears- men in ambushאֹרְבִיםorvim
lie in wait
Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.
Where else “orvim” appears- against Gibeahגִּבְעָהgiva
Gibeah
Gibeah: the name of several towns; it means "hill."
Where else “giva” appears- all aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears
The context
28and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, was standing before it in those days— saying, “Shall I again go out once more to war with the sons of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease?” And YHWH said, “Go up, for tomorrow I will give him into your hand.”
29 · This verse (above)
30And the sons of Israel went up against the sons of Benjamin on the third day and drew up against Gibeah as at other times.