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And it happenedוַיְהִיthe next dayמִמָּחֳרָתthat the peopleוַ הָעָםrose earlyיַּשְׁכִּימוּand builtוַיִּבְנוּthereשָׁםan altarמִזְבֵּחַand offeredוַיַּעֲלוּburnt offeringsעֹלוֹתand peace offerings.וּשְׁלָמִים
Judges 21:4
Study it in the app“And it happened the next day that the people rose early and built there an altar and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 21:4, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- the next dayמָּחֳרָתmachorat
next day
The next day, tomorrow.
Where else “machorat” appears- that the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- rose earlyיַּשְׁכִּימוּyashkimu
rise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “yashkimu” appears- and builtיִּבְנוּyivnu
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “yivnu” appears- an altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears- and offeredיַּעֲלוּyaalu
offer up
To burn a sacrifice on the altar; literally "make go up".
Where else “yaalu” appears- burnt offeringsעֹלוֹתolot
burnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “olot” appears- and peace offeringsשְׁלָמִיםshelamim
peace offerings
Peace offering: a sacrifice of which one part was burned for God and the rest was eaten by the one who offered it, as a sign of peace and fellowship with him (Leviticus 3).
Where else “shelamim” appears
The context
3And they said, “Why, YHWH, Elohim of Israel, has this happened in Israel, that there should be missing today from Israel one tribe?”
4 · This verse (above)
5And the sons of Israel said, “Who is there that did not come up in the assembly from all the tribes of Israel to YHWH?” For the great oath had been concerning him who did not come up to YHWH at Mizpah, saying, “He shall surely be put to death.”