And the menוְאִישׁof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלturned backשָׁבוּagainstאֶלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Benjaminבִנְיָמִןand struck themוַיַּכּוּםwith the edgeלְפִיof the sword,חֶרֶבfrom the entireמְתֹםcityמֵעִירtoעַדthe livestock,בְּהֵמָהtoעַדallכָּלthat was found;הַנִּמְצָאalsoגַּםallכָּלthe citiesהֶעָרִיםthat were foundהַנִּמְצָאוֹתthey gave overשִׁלְּחוּto fire.בָאֵשׁ
Judges 20:48
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 20:48, 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- turned backשָׁבוּshavu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shavu” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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- and struck themיַּכּוּyaku
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yaku” appears- with the edgeפִיfi
edge
Literally "the mouth of the sword": the part that cuts.
Where else “fi” appears- of the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- from the entireמְתֹםmetom
whole
Complete, whole, with nothing missing.
Where else “metom” appears- cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- the livestockבְּהֵמָהbehema
livestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behema” appears- that was foundנִּמְצָאnimtsa
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “nimtsa” appears- they gave overשִׁלְּחוּshilchu
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilchu” appears- to fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears
Translation note
“Entire” translates a word that, with other vowels, reads “men” (“from the men of the city”).
The context
47But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the crag of Rimmon, and they stayed at the crag of Rimmon four months.
48 · This verse (above)