And YHWHוַ יְהוָהstruck downיִּגֹּףBenjaminאֶת בִּנְיָמִןbeforeלִפְנֵיIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלand the sonsוַ בְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלbrought downיַּשְׁחִיתוּin Benjaminבְּבִנְיָמִןon thatבַּ הַהוּאdayיּוֹםtwenty-fiveעֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמִשָּׁהthousandאֶלֶףone hundredוּמֵאָהmen;אִישׁallכָּלtheseאֵלֶּהwere men who drewשֹׁלֵףthe sword.חָרֶב
Judges 20:35
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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".
Where else “binyamin” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” 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 sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- brought downיַּשְׁחִיתוּyashchitu
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “yashchitu” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- twenty-fiveעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- twenty-fiveחֲמִשָּׁהchamisha
five
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appears- thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- one hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- were men who drewשֹׁלֵףsholef
draw out
Draw out, pull out: take the sword out of its sheath; also pull off or pull up.
Where else “sholef” appears- the swordחָרֶבcharev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appears
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.