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And the peopleוַ הָעָםcameיָּבֹאto Bethelבֵּית אֵלand satוַיֵּשְׁבוּthereשָׁםuntilעַדeveningהָעֶרֶבbeforeלִפְנֵיElohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםand they lifted upוַיִּשְׂאוּtheir voiceקוֹלָםand weptוַיִּבְכּוּwith greatגָדוֹלweeping.בְּכִי
Judges 21:2
Study it in the app“And the people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before Elohim, and they lifted up their voice and wept with great weeping.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 21:2, 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- cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- to Bethelבֵּיתbet
Bethel
See it on the mapWhere else “bet” appears- and satיֵּשְׁבוּyeshvu
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshvu” appears- eveningעֶרֶבerev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “erev” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- and they lifted upיִּשְׂאוּyisu
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisu” appears- their voiceקוֹלָkola
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kola” appears- and weptיִּבְכּוּyivku
weep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “yivku” appears- with greatגָדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- weepingבְּכִיbechi
weeping
Weeping.
Where else “bechi” appears
Places in this verse
Bethel ?
Today: possibly Beitin, West Bank
A city in the hills about 11 miles (17 km) north of Jerusalem; the location is approximate.
There Jacob dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven and named the place Bethel, "house of God" (Gen 28:19). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
The context
1Now the men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, saying, “No one of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.”
2 · This verse (above)
3And they said, “Why, YHWH, Elohim of Israel, has this happened in Israel, that there should be missing today from Israel one tribe?”