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In those daysבַּיָּמִים הָהֵםthere was noאֵיןkingמֶלֶךְin Israel;בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלeach manאִישׁdidיַעֲשֶׂהwhat was rightהַיָּשָׁרin his own eyes.בְּעֵינָיו
Judges 21:25
Study it in the app“In those days there was no king in Israel; each man did what was right in his own eyes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 21:25, word by word
- In those daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- each manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- didיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- what was rightיָּשָׁרyashar
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appears- in his own eyesעֵינָיenay
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “enay” appears
Translation note
This phrase already appeared in 17:6, and “there was no king in Israel” also in 18:1 and 19:1. Deuteronomy 12:8 uses the same expression (“each one… right in his eyes”).
The context
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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