And the sonsוַ בְּנֵיof Benjaminבִנְיָמִןdidיַּעֲשׂוּso,כֵןand they tookוַיִּשְׂאוּwivesנָשִׁיםaccording to their numberלְמִסְפָּרָםfromמִןthe dancersהַמְּחֹלְלוֹתwhomאֲשֶׁרthey stole;גָּזָלוּand they wentוַיֵּלְכוּand returnedוַיָּשׁוּבוּtoאֶלtheir inheritance,נַחֲלָתָםand builtוַיִּבְנוּthe citiesאֶת הֶעָרִיםand livedוַיֵּשְׁבוּin them.בָּהֶם
Judges 21:23
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 21:23, word by word
- And the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of 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- didיַּעֲשׂוּyaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaasu” appears- and they tookיִּשְׂאוּyisu
take
To get something; with "a wife", to marry.
Where else “yisu” appears- wivesנָשִׁיםnashim
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appears- according to their numberמִסְפָּרָmispara
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispara” appears- the dancersמְּחֹלְלוֹתmechollot
whirl
To whirl, swirling around over something.
Where else “mechollot” appears- they stoleגָּזָלוּgazalu
seize, rob
Take by force, rob, tear away.
Where else “gazalu” appears- and they wentיֵּלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- and returnedיָּשׁוּבוּyashuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appears- their inheritanceנַחֲלָתָnachalata
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalata” appears- and builtיִּבְנוּyivnu
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “yivnu” appears- the citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- and livedיֵּשְׁבוּyeshvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appears
The context
22And 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.’”
23 · This verse (above)
24And the sons of Israel went away from there at that time, each man to his tribe and to his family; and they went out from there, each man to his inheritance.