11 {
"verseID": "Judges.20.11",
"source": "וַיֵּֽאָסֵ֞ף כָּל־אִ֤ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל־הָעִ֔יר כְּאִ֥ישׁ אֶחָ֖ד חֲבֵרִֽים׃",
"text": "*wə-yē'āsēp kol-'îš yiśrā'ēl 'el-hā-ʿîr kə-'îš 'eḥād ḥăbērîm*.",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yē'āsēp*": "conjunction + Niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and was gathered",
"*kol-'îš*": "construct - every man of",
"*yiśrā'ēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*'el-hā-ʿîr*": "preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - to the city",
"*kə-'îš*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - as a man",
"*'eḥād*": "numeral - one",
"*ḥăbērîm*": "masculine plural noun - companions/associates/united"
},
"variants": {
"*yē'āsēp*": "gathered/assembled/was united",
"*ʿîr*": "city/town",
"*kə-'îš 'eḥād*": "as one man/in unity/unanimously",
"*ḥăbērîm*": "companions/associates/allies/united"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Judges.20.12",
"source": "וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֞וּ שִׁבְטֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים בְּכָל־שִׁבְטֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן לֵאמֹ֑ר מָ֚ה הָרָעָ֣ה הַזֹּ֔את אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִהְיְתָ֖ה בָּכֶֽם׃",
"text": "*wə-yišləḥû šibṭê yiśrā'ēl 'ănāšîm bə-kol-šibṭê binyāmin lē'mōr mâ hā-rāʿâ ha-zzō't 'ăšer nihyətâ bākem*.",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yišləḥû*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they sent",
"*šibṭê*": "masculine plural construct - tribes of",
"*yiśrā'ēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*'ănāšîm*": "masculine plural noun - men",
"*bə-kol-šibṭê*": "preposition + construct + masculine plural construct - among all tribes of",
"*binyāmin*": "proper noun - Benjamin",
"*lē'mōr*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*mâ*": "interrogative pronoun - what",
"*hā-rāʿâ*": "definite article + feminine singular noun - the evil",
"*ha-zzō't*": "definite article + feminine singular demonstrative pronoun - this",
"*'ăšer*": "relative pronoun - which",
"*nihyətâ*": "Niphal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - happened/occurred",
"*bākem*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - among you"
},
"variants": {
"*yišləḥû*": "sent/dispatched",
"*šibṭê*": "tribes/clans",
"*lē'mōr*": "saying/to say",
"*rāʿâ*": "evil/wickedness/calamity",
"*nihyətâ*": "happened/occurred/was done"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Judges.20.13",
"source": "וְעַתָּ֡ה תְּנוּ֩ אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁ֨ים בְּנֵֽי־בְלִיַּ֜עַל אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּגִּבְעָה֙ וּנְמִיתֵ֔ם וּנְבַעֲרָ֥ה רָעָ֖ה מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֹ֤א אָבוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י בִּנְיָמִ֔ן לִשְׁמֹ֕עַ בְּק֖וֹל אֲחֵיהֶ֥ם בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃",
"text": "*wə-ʿattâ tənû 'et-hā-'ănāšîm bənê-bəliyyaʿal 'ăšer ba-ggibʿâ û-nəmîtēm û-nəbaʿărâ rāʿâ mi-yyiśrā'ēl; wə-lō' 'ābû bənê binyāmin li-šmōaʿ bə-qôl 'ăḥêhem bənê-yiśrā'ēl*.",
"grammar": {
"*wə-ʿattâ*": "conjunction + adverb - and now",
"*tənû*": "Qal imperative masculine plural - give",
"*'et-hā-'ănāšîm*": "direct object marker + definite article + masculine plural noun - the men",
"*bənê-bəliyyaʿal*": "masculine plural construct + proper noun - sons of worthlessness",
"*'ăšer*": "relative pronoun - who",
"*ba-ggibʿâ*": "preposition + definite article + proper noun - in Gibeah",
"*û-nəmîtēm*": "conjunction + Hiphil imperfect 1st person plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and we will put them to death",
"*û-nəbaʿărâ*": "conjunction + Piel imperfect 1st person plural cohortative - and let us remove",
"*rāʿâ*": "feminine singular noun - evil",
"*mi-yyiśrā'ēl*": "preposition + proper noun - from Israel",
"*wə-lō'*": "conjunction + negative particle - but not",
"*'ābû*": "Qal perfect 3rd person masculine plural - they were willing",
"*bənê*": "masculine plural construct - sons of",
"*binyāmin*": "proper noun - Benjamin",
"*li-šmōaʿ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to listen",
"*bə-qôl*": "preposition + masculine singular construct - to voice of",
"*'ăḥêhem*": "masculine plural noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their brothers",
"*bənê-yiśrā'ēl*": "masculine plural construct + proper noun - sons of Israel"
},
"variants": {
"*tənû*": "give/hand over/deliver",
"*bənê-bəliyyaʿal*": "sons of worthlessness/worthless men/scoundrels",
"*nəmîtēm*": "put them to death/kill them/execute them",
"*nəbaʿărâ*": "remove/purge/burn out",
"*'ābû*": "were willing/consented/wanted",
"*li-šmōaʿ*": "to listen/to hear/to obey",
"*qôl*": "voice/sound/command"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "Judges.20.14",
"source": "וַיֵּאָסְפ֧וּ בְנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִ֛ן מִן־הֶעָרִ֖ים הַגִּבְעָ֑תָה לָצֵ֥את לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה עִם־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃",
"text": "*wə-yē'āsəpû bənê-binyāmin min-he-ʿārîm ha-ggibʿātâ lā-ṣē't la-mmiḥāmâ ʿim-bənê yiśrā'ēl*.",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yē'āsəpû*": "conjunction + Niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they were gathered",
"*bənê-binyāmin*": "masculine plural construct + proper noun - sons of Benjamin",
"*min-he-ʿārîm*": "preposition + definite article + feminine plural noun - from the cities",
"*ha-ggibʿātâ*": "definite article + proper noun + directional heh - to Gibeah",
"*lā-ṣē't*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to go out",
"*la-mmiḥāmâ*": "preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - to the battle",
"*ʿim-bənê*": "preposition + masculine plural construct - with sons of",
"*yiśrā'ēl*": "proper noun - Israel"
},
"variants": {
"*yē'āsəpû*": "gathered themselves/assembled/came together",
"*ʿārîm*": "cities/towns",
"*gibʿātâ*": "to Gibeah (place name)",
"*lā-ṣē't*": "to go out/to come out/to proceed",
"*miḥāmâ*": "battle/war/fighting"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "Judges.20.15",
"source": "וַיִּתְפָּֽקְדוּ֩ בְנֵ֨י בִנְיָמִ֜ן בַּיּ֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְשִׁשָּׁ֥ה אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חָ֑רֶב לְ֠בַד מִיֹּשְׁבֵ֤י הַגִּבְעָה֙ הִתְפָּ֣קְד֔וּ שְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת אִ֥ישׁ בָּחֽוּר׃",
"text": "*wə-yitpāqədû bənê binyāmin ba-yyôm ha-hû' mē-he-ʿārîm ʿeśrîm wə-šiššâ 'elep 'îš šōlēp ḥāreb; lə-bad mi-yyōšəbê ha-ggibʿâ hitpāqədû šəbaʿ mē'ôt 'îš bāḥûr*.",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yitpāqədû*": "conjunction + Hithpael imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they mustered themselves",
"*bənê*": "masculine plural construct - sons of",
"*binyāmin*": "proper noun - Benjamin",
"*ba-yyôm*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the day",
"*ha-hû'*": "definite article + 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - that",
"*mē-he-ʿārîm*": "preposition + definite article + feminine plural noun - from the cities",
"*ʿeśrîm*": "number - twenty",
"*wə-šiššâ*": "conjunction + number - and six",
"*'elep*": "masculine singular noun - thousand",
"*'îš*": "masculine singular noun - man",
"*šōlēp*": "Qal participle masculine singular - drawing",
"*ḥāreb*": "feminine singular noun - sword",
"*lə-bad*": "preposition + noun - apart from",
"*mi-yyōšəbê*": "preposition + Qal participle masculine plural construct - from inhabitants of",
"*ha-ggibʿâ*": "definite article + proper noun - the Gibeah",
"*hitpāqədû*": "Hithpael perfect 3rd person masculine plural - they mustered themselves",
"*šəbaʿ*": "number - seven",
"*mē'ôt*": "feminine plural noun - hundreds",
"*'îš*": "masculine singular noun - man",
"*bāḥûr*": "masculine singular adjective - chosen/elite"
},
"variants": {
"*yitpāqədû*": "mustered themselves/were numbered/were counted",
"*yôm*": "day/time",
"*šōlēp ḥāreb*": "drawing sword/armed with sword/skilled with sword",
"*lə-bad*": "apart from/besides/separately from",
"*yōšəbê*": "inhabitants/residents/dwellers",
"*hitpāqədû*": "mustered themselves/were numbered/were counted",
"*bāḥûr*": "chosen/select/elite/young warrior"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "Judges.20.16",
"source": "מִכֹּ֣ל ׀ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה שְׁבַ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ אִ֣ישׁ בָּח֔וּר אִטֵּ֖ר יַד־יְמִינ֑וֹ כָּל־זֶ֗ה קֹלֵ֧עַ בָּאֶ֛בֶן אֶל־הַֽשַּׂעֲרָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א יַחֲטִֽא׃ פ",
"text": "From *kōl* the *ʿām* the *zeh* seven hundred *ʾîš* *bāḥûr* *ʾiṭṭēr* *yad*-*yəmînô* all-*zeh* *qōlēʿa* with-the-*ʾeben* to-the-*śaʿărâ* *wə*-not *yaḥăṭiʾ*.",
"grammar": {
"*kōl*": "construct state, masculine, singular - all of/every",
"*ʿām*": "definite, masculine, singular - people",
"*zeh*": "demonstrative, masculine, singular - this",
"*ʾîš*": "masculine, singular - man",
"*bāḥûr*": "masculine, singular, adjective - chosen/select",
"*ʾiṭṭēr*": "masculine, singular, adjective - bound/restricted",
"*yad*": "construct state, feminine, singular - hand of",
"*yəmînô*": "feminine, singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his right",
"*qōlēʿa*": "qal participle, masculine, singular - slinging/throwing",
"*ʾeben*": "feminine, singular - stone",
"*śaʿărâ*": "feminine, singular - hair/hairbreadth",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*yaḥăṭiʾ*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - would miss"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾiṭṭēr*": "restricted/bound/impeded",
"*yad-yəmînô*": "right-handed/his right hand",
"*qōlēʿa*": "slinger/one who slings",
"*śaʿărâ*": "hair/hairbreadth/very small target",
"*yaḥăṭiʾ*": "miss/fail/sin"
}
}
17 {
"verseID": "Judges.20.17",
"source": "וְאִ֨ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל הִתְפָּֽקְד֗וּ לְבַד֙ מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן אַרְבַּ֨ע מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חָ֑רֶב כָּל־זֶ֖ה אִ֥ישׁ מִלְחָמָֽה׃",
"text": "*Wə*-*ʾîš* *Yiśrāʾēl* *hitpāqədû* *ləḇad* from-*Binyāmin* four hundred thousand *ʾîš* *šōlēp̄* *ḥāreḇ* all-*zeh* *ʾîš* *milḥāmâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʾîš*": "construct state, masculine, singular - men of",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*hitpāqədû*": "hithpael perfect, 3rd person plural - mustered themselves/were numbered",
"*ləḇad*": "preposition + noun - apart/separately",
"*Binyāmin*": "proper noun - Benjamin",
"*šōlēp̄*": "qal participle, masculine, singular - drawing",
"*ḥāreḇ*": "feminine, singular - sword",
"*zeh*": "demonstrative, masculine, singular - this",
"*milḥāmâ*": "feminine, singular - war/battle"
},
"variants": {
"*hitpāqədû*": "mustered themselves/were counted/were enrolled",
"*ləḇad*": "apart from/separately/besides",
"*šōlēp̄ ḥāreḇ*": "drawing sword/equipped with sword/armed with sword",
"*ʾîš milḥāmâ*": "man of war/warrior/soldier"
}
}
18 {
"verseID": "Judges.20.18",
"source": "וַיָּקֻ֜מוּ וַיַּעֲל֣וּ בֵֽית־אֵל֮ וַיִּשְׁאֲל֣וּ בֵאלֹהִים֒ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִ֚י יַעֲלֶה־לָּ֣נוּ בַתְּחִלָּ֔ה לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה עִם־בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ן וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה יְהוּדָ֥ה בַתְּחִלָּֽה׃",
"text": "*Wayyāqūmû* *wayyaʿălû* *Bêt*-*ʾĒl* *wayyišʾălû* in-*ʾĕlōhîm* *wayyōmĕrû* *bənê* *Yiśrāʾēl* who *yaʿăleh*-for-us in-the-*təḥillâ* for-the-*milḥāmâ* with-*bənê* *Binyāmin* *wayyōmer* *YHWH* *Yəhûdâ* in-the-*təḥillâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyāqūmû*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person plural - and they arose",
"*wayyaʿălû*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person plural - and they went up",
"*Bêt*-*ʾĒl*": "proper noun - Bethel (House of God)",
"*wayyišʾălû*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person plural - and they inquired",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "masculine, plural - God",
"*wayyōmĕrû*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person plural - and they said",
"*bənê*": "construct state, masculine, plural - sons of/children of",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*yaʿăleh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will go up",
"*təḥillâ*": "feminine, singular - beginning/first",
"*milḥāmâ*": "definite, feminine, singular - the battle/war",
"*Binyāmin*": "proper noun - Benjamin",
"*wayyōmer*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD",
"*Yəhûdâ*": "proper noun - Judah"
},
"variants": {
"*bəʾĕlōhîm*": "by God/through God/with God",
"*yaʿăleh*": "will go up/should go up/shall go up",
"*təḥillâ*": "beginning/first/at first"
}
}
19 {
"verseID": "Judges.20.19",
"source": "וַיָּק֥וּמוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּבֹּ֑קֶר וַיּֽ͏ַחֲנ֖וּ עַל־הַגִּבְעָֽה׃ פ",
"text": "*Wayyāqūmû* *bənê*-*Yiśrāʾēl* in-the-*bōqer* *wayyaḥănû* against-the-*Giḇʿâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyāqūmû*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person plural - and they arose",
"*bənê*": "construct state, masculine, plural - sons of/children of",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*bōqer*": "definite, masculine, singular - the morning",
"*wayyaḥănû*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person plural - and they encamped",
"*Giḇʿâ*": "definite, proper noun - the Gibeah"
},
"variants": {
"*bōqer*": "morning/daybreak/dawn",
"*wayyaḥănû*": "and they encamped/and they set up camp/and they pitched camp",
"*ʿal-haGiḇʿâ*": "against Gibeah/opposite Gibeah/at Gibeah"
}
}
20 {
"verseID": "Judges.20.20",
"source": "וַיֵּצֵא֙ אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה עִם־בִּנְיָמִ֑ן וַיַּעַרְכ֨וּ אִתָּ֧ם אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל מִלְחָמָ֖ה אֶל־הַגִּבְעָֽה׃",
"text": "*Wayyēṣēʾ* *ʾîš* *Yiśrāʾēl* for-the-*milḥāmâ* with-*Binyāmin* *wayyaʿarḵû* with-them *ʾîš*-*Yiśrāʾēl* *milḥāmâ* to-the-*Giḇʿâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyēṣēʾ*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he went out",
"*ʾîš*": "construct state, masculine, singular - men of",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*milḥāmâ*": "definite, feminine, singular - the battle/war",
"*Binyāmin*": "proper noun - Benjamin",
"*wayyaʿarḵû*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person plural - and they arranged/set in order",
"*ʾîš*": "construct state, masculine, singular - men of",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*milḥāmâ*": "feminine, singular - battle/war",
"*Giḇʿâ*": "definite, proper noun - the Gibeah"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyēṣēʾ*": "and he went out/and they went out (collective singular)",
"*wayyaʿarḵû*": "and they arranged/and they set in battle array/and they prepared",
"*ʾel-haGiḇʿâ*": "toward Gibeah/against Gibeah/at Gibeah"
}
}
21 {
"verseID": "Judges.20.21",
"source": "וַיֵּצְא֥וּ בְנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִ֖ן מִן־הַגִּבְעָ֑ה וַיַּשְׁחִ֨יתוּ בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא שְׁנַ֨יִם וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ אָֽרְצָה׃",
"text": "*Wayyēṣĕʾû* *bənê*-*Binyāmin* from-the-*Giḇʿâ* *wayyašḥîtû* in-*Yiśrāʾēl* in-the-*yôm* the-*hû* two *wə*-twenty thousand *ʾîš* *ʾarṣâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyēṣĕʾû*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person plural - and they went out",
"*bənê*": "construct state, masculine, plural - sons of/children of",
"*Binyāmin*": "proper noun - Benjamin",
"*Giḇʿâ*": "definite, proper noun - the Gibeah",
"*wayyašḥîtû*": "hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd person plural - and they destroyed",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*yôm*": "definite, masculine, singular - the day",
"*hû*": "demonstrative, masculine, singular - that",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʾîš*": "masculine, singular - man",
"*ʾarṣâ*": "feminine, singular + directional heh - to the ground"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyašḥîtû*": "and they destroyed/and they cut down/and they struck down",
"*bəYiśrāʾēl*": "among Israel/against Israel/of Israel",
"*ʾarṣâ*": "to the ground/to earth/fallen"
}
}
22 {
"verseID": "Judges.20.22",
"source": "וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֥ק הָעָ֖ם אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֹּסִ֙פוּ֙ לַעֲרֹ֣ךְ מִלְחָמָ֔ה בַּמָּק֕וֹם אֲשֶׁר־עָ֥רְכוּ שָׁ֖ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃",
"text": "*Wayyitḥazzēq* the-*ʿām* *ʾîš* *Yiśrāʾēl* *wayyōsip̄û* to-*ʿărōḵ* *milḥāmâ* in-the-*māqôm* that-*ʿārḵû* there in-the-*yôm* the-*riʾšôn*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyitḥazzēq*": "hithpael imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he strengthened himself",
"*ʿām*": "definite, masculine, singular - the people",
"*ʾîš*": "construct state, masculine, singular - men of",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*wayyōsip̄û*": "hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd person plural - and they added/continued",
"*ʿărōḵ*": "qal infinitive construct - to arrange/set in order",
"*milḥāmâ*": "feminine, singular - battle/war",
"*māqôm*": "definite, masculine, singular - the place",
"*ʿārḵû*": "qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they arranged",
"*yôm*": "definite, masculine, singular - the day",
"*riʾšôn*": "definite, masculine, singular, adjective - the first"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyitḥazzēq*": "and he strengthened himself/and they took courage/and they encouraged themselves",
"*wayyōsip̄û*": "and they continued/and they added/and they proceeded",
"*ʿărōḵ*": "to arrange/to set in array/to prepare",
"*ʿārḵû*": "they arranged/they set in battle array/they prepared"
}
}