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Now the menוְאִישׁof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלhad swornנִשְׁבַּעat Mizpah,בַּמִּצְפָּהsaying,לֵאמֹר“No oneאִישׁ לֹאof usמִמֶּנּוּshall giveיִתֵּןhis daughterבִּתּוֹto Benjaminלְבִנְיָמִןas a wife.”לְאִשָּׁה
Judges 21:1
Study it in the app“Now the men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, saying, “No one of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 21:1, word by word
- Now 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- had swornנִשְׁבַּעnishba
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishba” appears- at Mizpahמִּצְפָּהmitspa
Mizpah
See it on the mapWhere else “mitspa” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- shall giveיִתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- his daughterבִּתּbit
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bit” appears- to 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- as a wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears
Places in this verse
Mizpah ?
Today: possibly Tell en-Nasbeh, West Bank
The name of several places; the main one was north of Jerusalem in Benjamin, and its exact site is not certain.
There Samuel gathered Israel, who confessed, “We have sinned against YHWH” (1 Sam 7:5-6), and there he presented Saul as king (1 Sam 10:17-24).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And the people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before Elohim, and they lifted up their voice and wept with great weeping.