Study it in the app“He captured a young man of the men of Succoth and questioned him, and he wrote down for him the officials of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men.”
He capturedוַיִּלְכָּדa young manנַעַרof the menמֵאַנְשֵׁיof Succothסֻכּוֹתand questioned him,וַיִּשְׁאָלֵהוּand he wrote down for himוַיִּכְתֹּב אֵלָיוthe officialsאֶת שָׂרֵיof Succothסֻכּוֹתand its elders,וְאֶת זְקֵנֶיהָseventy-sevenשִׁבְעִים וְשִׁבְעָהmen.אִישׁ
capture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “yilkad” appearsboy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearsSuccoth
Succoth: "booths". A place east of the Jordan; also a place in Egypt where Israel camped.
Where else “sukot” appearsask
To ask a question.
Where else “yishale” appearswrite
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “yichtov” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appearselder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zekene” appearsseventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appears13Gideon son of Joash returned from the war by the ascent of Heres.
14 · This verse (above)
15He came to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are exhausted?’”
