Study it in the app“So the community sent there twelve thousand men of the men of valor, and commanded them, saying, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.”
So the communityוַ הָעֵדָהsentיִּשְׁלְחוּthereשָׁםtwelveשְׁנֵים עָשָׂרthousandאֶלֶףmenאִישׁof the men of valor,מִבְּנֵי הֶחָיִלand commandedוַיְצַוּוּthem,אוֹתָםsaying,לֵאמֹר“Goלְכוּand strikeוְהִכִּיתֶםthe inhabitantsאֶת יוֹשְׁבֵיof Jabesh-gileadיָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָדwith the edgeלְפִיof the sword,חֶרֶבwith the womenוְהַנָּשִׁיםand the little ones.וְהַטָּף
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlchu” appearsdouble
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shenem” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsvalor
Strength and ability: the brave man in war, the capable and worthy person.
Where else “chayil” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsauu” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appearsdefeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “hikitem” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appearsJabesh
Jabesh, a city of Gilead, east of the Jordan. Later King Saul delivered it from the sons of Ammon (1 Samuel 11). It is also the name of a man, the father of King Shallum (2 Kings 15:10).
Where else “yavesh” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearsedge
Literally "the mouth of the sword": the part that cuts.
Where else “fi” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appearslittle ones
Little ones: the children of a family.
Where else “taf” appearsGilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
9When the people were counted, look, there was not there a man of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead.
10 · This verse (above)
11And this is the thing that you shall do: every male and every woman who has known lying with a male you shall devote to destruction.”
