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And the menוְאִישׁof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלturned,הָפַךְand the menוַ אִישׁof Benjaminבִּנְיָמִןwere terrified,יִּבָּהֵלforכִּיthey sawרָאָהthatכִּיthe evilהָרָעָהhad reachedנָגְעָהthem.עָלָיו
Judges 20:41
Study it in the app“And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were terrified, for they saw that the evil had reached them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 20:41, word by word
- And 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- turnedהָפַךְhafach
turn
To turn one's body or course the other way.
Where else “hafach” appears- of 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- were terrifiedיִּבָּהֵלyibahel
be dismayed
To be struck with dread, or frighten others.
Where else “yibahel” appears- they sawרָאָהraa
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raa” appears- the evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- had reachedנָגְעָהnaga
reach
To reach a place or a moment.
Where else “naga” appears
The context
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.
41 · This verse (above)
42So they turned before the men of Israel toward the way of the wilderness, but the war overtook them, and those who came from the cities were destroying them in their midst.