Judges 20:35

“And 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.”

Judges 20:35 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 20:35, word by word

And YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
struck downיִּגֹּףyigof

strike

To punish with a blow; YHWH does it with a plague or by letting a battle be lost.

Where else “yigof” appears
Benjaminבִּנְיָמִןbinyamin

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".

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beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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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.

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and the sonsבְנֵיvene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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brought downיַּשְׁחִיתוּyashchitu

destroy

To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.

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dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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twenty-fiveעֶשְׂרִיםesrim

twenty

Twenty; also "twentieth".

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twenty-fiveחֲמִשָּׁהchamisha

five

Five.

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thousandאֶלֶףelef

thousand

One thousand: a large, round number.

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one hundredמֵאָהmea

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

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menאִישׁish

man

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

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were men who drewשֹׁלֵףsholef

draw out

Draw out, pull out: take the sword out of its sheath; also pull off or pull up.

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the swordחָרֶבcharev

sword

A sword; or war.

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The context

34And 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.

35 · This verse (above)

36So the sons of Benjamin saw that they were struck down. The men of Israel had given ground to Benjamin, because they trusted in the ambush that they had set against Gibeah.

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