And the peopleוְהָעָםhad compassionנִחָםon Benjamin,לְבִנְיָמִןforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhad madeעָשָׂהa breachפֶּרֶץin the tribesבְּשִׁבְטֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Judges 21:15
Study it in the app“And the people had compassion on Benjamin, for YHWH had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.”
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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.
Where else “am” appears- had compassionנִחָםnicham
feel sorry
To grieve over something done, or to feel sorrow for someone.
Where else “nicham” appears- 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".
Where else “vinyamin” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- had madeעָשָׂהasa
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asa” appears- a breachפֶּרֶץperets
breach
Breach, opening made by breaking through.
Where else “perets” appears- in the tribesשִׁבְטֵיshivte
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” 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
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?”