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Whenוַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁרhe had finishedכִּלָּהpresentingלְהַקְרִיבthe tribute,אֶת הַמִּנְחָהhe sent awayוַיְשַׁלַּחthe peopleאֶת הָעָםwho carriedנֹשְׂאֵיthe tribute.הַמִּנְחָה
Judges 3:18
Study it in the app“When he had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the tribute.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 3:18, word by word
- Whenיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- he had finishedכִּלָּהkila
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “kila” appears- presentingהַקְרִיבhakriv
bring near
To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.
Where else “hakriv” appears- the tributeמִּנְחָהmincha
tribute
What a conquered people must pay the king who rules them.
Where else “mincha” appears- he sent awayיְשַׁלַּחyeshalach
send away
To send away, or divorce one's wife.
Where else “yeshalach” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- who carriedנֹשְׂאֵיnose
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “nose” appears
The context
17He presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a man very fat.
18 · This verse (above)
19But he himself turned back from the carved images that are at Gilgal and said, “I have a secret word for you, O king.” He said, “Silence!” And all who were standing by him went out from him.