Judges 21:15

“And the people had compassion on Benjamin, for YHWH had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.”

Judges 21:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 21:15, word by word

And the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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had compassionנִחָםnicham

feel sorry

To grieve over something done, or to feel sorrow for someone.

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on 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".

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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had madeעָשָׂהasa

make

To build or create something.

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a breachפֶּרֶץperets

breach

Breach, opening made by breaking through.

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in the tribesשִׁבְטֵיshivte

tribe

Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.

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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.

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The context

14And Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had kept alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead; but even so they did not find enough for them.

15 · This verse (above)

16Then the elders of the community said, “What shall we do for those who are left, for wives, since the women from Benjamin have been destroyed?”

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