Study it in the app“And they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the crag of Rimmon; and they gleaned of them on the highways five thousand men, and they pursued closely after him as far as Gidom, and struck of them two thousand men.”
And they turnedוַיִּפְנוּand fledוַיָּנֻסוּtoward the wildernessהַמִּדְבָּרָהtoאֶלthe cragסֶלַעof Rimmon;הָרִמּוֹןand they gleanedוַיְעֹלְלֻof themהוּon the highwaysבַּמְסִלּוֹתfiveחֲמֵשֶׁתthousandאֲלָפִיםmen,אִישׁand they pursued closelyוַיַּדְבִּיקוּafter himאַחֲרָיוas far asעַדGidom,גִּדְעֹםand struckוַיַּכּוּof themמִמֶּנּוּtwo thousandאַלְפַּיִםmen.אִישׁ
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “yifnu” appearsflee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanusu” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbara” appearscrag
A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.
Where else “sela” appearsRimmon
Rimmon: the name of a god of the Syrians and of several towns, among them one of Judah in the Negev. The name means "pomegranate," the fruit.
Where else “rimon” appearsglean
To go over the vineyard or field a second time to gather what was left.
Where else “yeollu” appearshighway
Highway: a main road, raised and leveled.
Where else “mesilot” appearsfive
Five.
Where else “chameshet” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsovertake
To pursue someone closely, right behind, until catching up.
Where else “yadbiku” appearsGidom
Gidom, a place as far as which the men of Benjamin were pursued. It is named only here.
Where else “gidom” appearsdefeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yaku” appears“Gleaned” is the word used for gathering the last clusters after the grape harvest (Deuteronomy 24:21): they kept catching up with those who were left.
44And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor.
45 · This verse (above)
46So all who fell of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword on that day; all these were men of valor.
