Study it in the app“Then the men of Israel turned in the war, and Benjamin began to strike men dead among the men of Israel, about thirty men, for they said, “Surely they are completely struck down before us, as in the first war.””
Then the menוַ אִישׁof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלturnedיַּהֲפֹךְin the war,בַּמִּלְחָמָהand Benjaminוּבִנְיָמִןbeganהֵחֵלto strikeלְהַכּוֹתmen deadחֲלָלִיםamong the menבְּאִישׁof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלaboutכִּthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםmen,אִישׁforכִּיthey said,אָמְרוּ“Surelyאַךְtheyהוּאare completelyנִגּוֹףstruck downנִגָּףbefore us,לְפָנֵינוּasכַּin the firstהָרִאשֹׁנָהwar.”מִּלְחָמָה
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsIsrael
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” appearsturn
To turn one's body or course the other way.
Where else “yahafoch” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appearsBenjamin
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” appearsbegin
To start doing something.
Where else “hechel” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hakot” appearsslain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “chalalim” appearsthirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appearsstrike
To punish with a blow; YHWH does it with a plague or by letting a battle be lost.
Where else “nigof” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appearsfirst
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishona” appears38Now the agreed signal between the men of Israel and the ambush was that they should send up from the city a great cloud of smoke.
39 · This verse (above)
40But the signal began to go up from the city, a column of smoke; and Benjamin turned behind him, and look, the whole city was going up toward the heavens.
