Verse 16

{ "verseID": "Judges.21.16", "source": "וַיֹּֽאמְר֨וּ זִקְנֵ֣י הָעֵדָ֔ה מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה לַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים לְנָשִׁ֑ים כִּֽי־נִשְׁמְדָ֥ה מִבִּנְיָמִ֖ן אִשָּֽׁה׃", "text": "And *wayyōʾmərû* *ziqnê* the *ʿēdāh* what-*naʿăśeh* for the *nôtārîm* for *nāšîm* for *nišmədāh* from *Binyāmîn* *ʾiššāh*.", "grammar": { "*wa-*": "consecutive conjunction - and", "*wayyōʾmərû*": "verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - they said", "*ziqnê*": "noun, masculine, plural construct - elders of", "*hā-ʿēdāh*": "noun with definite article, feminine, singular - the congregation", "*mah-naʿăśeh*": "interrogative pronoun + verb, qal imperfect, 1st plural - what shall we do", "*la-nôtārîm*": "preposition + noun with definite article, masculine, plural - for the remaining ones", "*lə-nāšîm*": "preposition + noun, feminine, plural - for wives", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*nišmədāh*": "verb, niphal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - is destroyed/exterminated", "*mi-Binyāmîn*": "preposition + proper noun - from Benjamin", "*ʾiššāh*": "noun, feminine, singular - woman" }, "variants": { "*ziqnê*": "elders of/older men of", "*ʿēdāh*": "congregation/assembly/community", "*nôtārîm*": "remaining ones/survivors/remnant", "*nišmədāh*": "is destroyed/is exterminated/is wiped out" } }

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