Judges 20:34

“And there came opposite Gibeah ten thousand chosen men from all Israel, and the war was heavy; but they did not know that the evil was reaching them.”

Judges 20:34 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 20:34, word by word

And there cameיָּבֹאוּyavou

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “yavou” appears
oppositeנֶּגֶדneged

in front of

In someone's presence, before his eyes.

Where else “neged” appears
Gibeahגִּבְעָהgiva

Gibeah

Gibeah: the name of several towns; it means "hill."

Where else “giva” appears
tenעֲשֶׂרֶתaseret

ten

Ten.

Where else “aseret” appears
thousandאֲלָפִיםalafim

thousand

One thousand: a large, round number.

Where else “alafim” appears
chosenבָּחוּרbachur

choice

The men picked out of a group, such as the strongest for war.

Where else “bachur” appears
menאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “ish” appears
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
and the warמִּלְחָמָהmilchama

war, battle

War, battle.

Where else “milchama” appears
was heavyכָּבֵדָהkaveda

be heavy

To weigh much, like a burden.

Where else “kaveda” appears
knowיָדְעוּyadu

know

To know something, realize.

Where else “yadu” appears
the evilרָעָהraa

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “raa” appears
was reachingנֹגַעַתnogaat

reach

To reach a place or a moment.

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The context

33And all the men of Israel rose up from their place and drew up at Baal-tamar, and the ambush of Israel burst out from its place, from the clearing of Geba.

34 · This verse (above)

35And YHWH struck down Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel brought down in Benjamin on that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men; all these were men who drew the sword.

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