And there cameוַיָּבֹאוּoppositeמִנֶּגֶדGibeahלַגִּבְעָהtenעֲשֶׂרֶתthousandאֲלָפִיםchosenבָּחוּרmenאִישׁfrom allמִכָּלIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלand the warוְהַמִּלְחָמָהwas heavy;כָּבֵדָהbut theyוְהֵםdid notלֹאknowיָדְעוּthatכִּיthe evilהָרָעָהwas reachingנֹגַעַתthem.עֲלֵיהֶם
Judges 20:34
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “nogaat” appears
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.