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But sixשֵׁשׁhundredמֵאוֹתmenאִישׁturnedוַיִּפְנוּand fledוַיָּנֻסוּtoward the wildernessהַמִּדְבָּרָהtoאֶלthe cragסֶלַעof Rimmon,הָרִמּוֹןand they stayedוַיֵּשְׁבוּat the cragבְּסֶלַעof Rimmonרִמּוֹןfourאַרְבָּעָהmonths.חֳדָשִׁים
Judges 20:47
Study it in the app“But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the crag of Rimmon, and they stayed at the crag of Rimmon four months.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 20:47, word by word
- But sixשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- turnedיִּפְנוּyifnu
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “yifnu” appears- and fledיָּנֻסוּyanusu
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanusu” appears- toward the wildernessמִּדְבָּרָmidbara
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbara” appears- the cragסֶלַעsela
crag
A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.
Where else “sela” appears- of Rimmonרִמּוֹןrimon
Rimmon
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” appears- and they stayedיֵּשְׁבוּyeshvu
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appears- fourאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- monthsחֳדָשִׁיםchodashim
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodashim” appears
The context
46So all who fell of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword on that day; all these were men of valor.
47 · This verse (above)
48And the men of Israel turned back against the sons of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, from the entire city to the livestock, to all that was found; also all the cities that were found they gave over to fire.