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And allוַ כָּלthe peopleהָעָםaroseיָּקָםas oneכְּ אֶחָדman,אִישׁsaying,לֵאמֹר“We will notלֹאgo,נֵלֵךְany oneאִישׁto his tent,לְאָהֳלוֹnorוְלֹאwill any oneאִישׁturn asideנָסוּרto his house.לְבֵיתוֹ
Judges 20:8
Study it in the app“And all the people arose as one man, saying, “We will not go, any one to his tent, nor will any one turn aside to his house.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 20:8, word by word
- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- aroseיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- as oneאֶחָדechad
united
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echad” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- goנֵלֵךְnelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “nelech” appears- to his tentאָהֳלahol
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ahol” appears- turn asideנָסוּרnasur
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “nasur” appears- to his houseבֵיתvet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appears
The context
7Look, all of you, sons of Israel, give here your word and counsel.”
8 · This verse (above)
9But now this is the thing that we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot.