Study it in the app“And it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to quarrel with us, that we will say to them, ‘Show us favor regarding them, for we did not take for each man his wife in the war; for you did not give them to them; otherwise now you would be guilty.’””
And it shall be,וְהָיָהwhenכִּיtheir fathersאֲבוֹתָםorאוֹtheir brothersאֲחֵיהֶםcomeיָבֹאוּto quarrelלָרִיבwith us,אֵלֵינוּthat we will sayוְאָמַרְנוּto them,אֲלֵיהֶם‘Show us favorחָנּוּנוּregarding them,אוֹתָםforכִּיwe did notלֹאtakeלָקַחְנוּfor each manאִישׁhis wifeאִשְׁתּוֹin the war;בַּמִּלְחָמָהforכִּיyouאַתֶּםdid notלֹאgive themנְתַתֶּםto them;לָהֶםotherwise nowכָּעֵתyou would be guilty.’”תֶּאְשָׁמוּ
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appearscountryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appearsquarrel
To fight with words.
Where else “riv” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarnu” appearsshow favor
To treat someone with undeserved kindness.
Where else “chanu” appearstake a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “lakachnu” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “netatem” appearstime
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appearsbe guilty
Be guilty; bear the guilt of something, and so suffer its punishment.
Where else “teshamu” appearsIt can be understood that, since they did not “give” them themselves, they did not break the oath of verse 18.
21and watch; and look, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out from the vineyards and snatch for yourselves, each man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
22 · This verse (above)
23And the sons of Benjamin did so, and they took wives according to their number from the dancers whom they stole; and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities and lived in them.
