So the sonsוַ בְנֵיof Benjaminבִנְיָמִןsawיִּרְאוּthatכִּיthey were struck down.נִגָּפוּThe menוַ אִישׁof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלhad givenיִּתְּנוּgroundמָקוֹםto Benjamin,לְבִנְיָמִןbecauseכִּיthey trustedבָטְחוּinאֶלthe ambushהָאֹרֵבthatאֲשֶׁרthey had setשָׂמוּagainstאֶלGibeah.הַגִּבְעָה
Judges 20:36
Study it in the app“So 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 20:36, word by word
- So the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Benjaminבִנְיָמִןvinyamin
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 “vinyamin” appears- sawיִּרְאוּyiru
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “yiru” appears- they were struck downנִגָּפוּnigafu
be defeated
To lose a battle and flee before the enemy.
Where else “nigafu” appears- The menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of 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- had givenיִּתְּנוּyitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appears- groundמָקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- they trustedבָטְחוּvatchu
trust
To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
Where else “vatchu” appears- the ambushאֹרֵבorev
lie in wait
Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.
Where else “orev” appears- they had setשָׂמוּsamu
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samu” appears- Gibeahגִּבְעָהgiva
Gibeah
Gibeah: the name of several towns; it means "hill."
Where else “giva” appears
The context
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.
36 · This verse (above)
37And the ambush hurried and rushed against Gibeah; and the ambush marched and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.