Study it in the app“Now 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?””
Now the sonsוַ בְּנֵיof Benjaminבִנְיָמִןheardיִּשְׁמְעוּthatכִּיthe sonsבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלhad gone upעָלוּto Mizpah.הַמִּצְפָּהAnd the sonsוַ בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלsaid,יֹּאמְרוּ“Tell us,דַּבְּרוּhowאֵיכָהdid thisהַזֹּאתevilהָרָעָהhappen?”נִהְיְתָה
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsBenjamin
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” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishmu” appearsIsrael
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” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alu” appearsMizpah
See it on the mapWhere else “mitspa” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dabru” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearshappen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “nihyta” appearsMizpah ?
Today: possibly Tell en-Nasbeh, West Bank
The name of several places; the main one was north of Jerusalem in Benjamin, and its exact site is not certain.
There Samuel gathered Israel, who confessed, “We have sinned against YHWH” (1 Sam 7:5-6), and there he presented Saul as king (1 Sam 10:17-24).
2And 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.
3 · This verse (above)
4And the man, the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, “I and my concubine came to Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin, to spend the night.
