Judges 21:23

“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.”

Judges 21:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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