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Then the eldersזִקְנֵיof the communityהָעֵדָהsaid,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Whatמַהshall we doנַּעֲשֶׂהfor those who are left,לַנּוֹתָרִיםfor wives,לְנָשִׁיםsinceכִּיthe womenאִשָּׁהfrom Benjaminמִבִּנְיָמִןhave been destroyed?”נִשְׁמְדָה
Judges 21:16
Study it in the app“Then 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?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 21:16, word by word
- Then the eldersזִקְנֵיzikne
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appears- of the communityעֵדָהeda
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appears- saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- shall we doנַּעֲשֶׂהnaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “naase” appears- for those who are leftנּוֹתָרִיםnotarim
be left
For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.
Where else “notarim” appears- for wivesנָשִׁיםnashim
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appears- from Benjaminבִּנְיָמִןbinyamin
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 “binyamin” appears- have been destroyedנִשְׁמְדָהnishmda
destroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “nishmda” appears
The context
15And the people had compassion on Benjamin, for YHWH had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
16 · This verse (above)
17And they said, “There must be a possession for those who escaped of Benjamin, and a tribe must not be blotted out from Israel.