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Ehudוְאֵהוּדescapedנִמְלַטwhileעַדthey delayed;הִתְמַהְמְהָםheוְהוּאpassedעָבַרthe carved imagesאֶת הַפְּסִילִיםand escapedוַיִּמָּלֵטto Seirah.הַשְּׂעִירָתָה
Judges 3:26
Study it in the app“Ehud escaped while they delayed; he passed the carved images and escaped to Seirah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 3:26, word by word
- Ehudאֵהוּדehud
Ehud
Ehud: a judge of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, who delivered the people from Eglon, king of Moab.
Where else “ehud” appears- escapedנִמְלַטnimlat
escape
To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.
Where else “nimlat” appears- they delayedהִתְמַהְמְהָhitmahmha
linger
Linger, delay, hesitate.
Where else “hitmahmha” appears- passedעָבַרavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appears- the carved imagesפְּסִילִיםpesilim
carved image
Carved image: the figure of a god carved in wood or stone.
Where else “pesilim” appears- to Seirahשְּׂעִירָתָseirata
Seirah
Seirah: a place in the hill country of Ephraim to which Ehud escaped.
Where else “seirata” appears
The context
25They waited until they were ashamed, and look, he was not opening the doors of the upper room. So they took the key and opened them, and there was their lord, fallen to the ground, dead.
26 · This verse (above)
27When he arrived, he blew the horn in the hill country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he was before them.