43{
"verseID": "Judges.20.43",
"source": "כִּתְּר֤וּ אֶת־בִּנְיָמִן֙ הִרְדִיפֻ֔הוּ מְנוּחָ֖ה הִדְרִיכֻ֑הוּ עַ֛ד נֹ֥כַח הַגִּבְעָ֖ה מִמִּזְרַח־שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃",
"text": "*kittərû* *ʾet*-*binyāmin* *hirdîpuhû* *mənûḥâ* *hidrîkuhû* until *nōkaḥ* the-*gibəʿâ* from-*mizraḥ*-*šāmeš*.",
"grammar": {
"*kittərû*": "Piel perfect 3rd person plural - they surrounded",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*binyāmin*": "proper noun - Benjamin",
"*hirdîpuhû*": "Hiphil perfect 3rd person plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - they pursued him",
"*mənûḥâ*": "common noun, feminine singular - resting place/ease",
"*hidrîkuhû*": "Hiphil perfect 3rd person plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - they caused him to tread/pursued him",
"*nōkaḥ*": "preposition - opposite/in front of",
"*gibəʿâ*": "proper noun - Gibeah",
"*mizraḥ*": "construct state - east of",
"*šāmeš*": "common noun, feminine singular - sun"
},
"variants": {
"*kittərû*": "surrounded/encircled/enclosed",
"*hirdîpuhû*": "pursued him/chased him",
"*mənûḥâ*": "at ease/without rest/from resting place",
"*hidrîkuhû*": "overtook him/pursued him/pressed him",
"*nōkaḥ*": "opposite/in front of/facing"
}
}
44{
"verseID": "Judges.20.44",
"source": "וַֽיִּפְּלוּ֙ מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן שְׁמֹנָֽה־עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֖לֶף אִ֑ישׁ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה אַנְשֵׁי־חָֽיִל׃",
"text": "And-*yippəlû* from-*binyāmin* eighteen *ʾelep* *ʾîš*; *ʾet*-all-these *ʾanšê*-*ḥāyil*.",
"grammar": {
"*yippəlû*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person plural with waw consecutive - they fell",
"*binyāmin*": "proper noun - Benjamin",
"*ʾelep*": "common noun, masculine singular - thousand",
"*ʾîš*": "common noun, masculine singular (collective) - men",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾanšê*": "construct state - men of",
"*ḥāyil*": "common noun, masculine singular - strength/valor"
},
"variants": {
"*yippəlû*": "fell/were killed/died",
"*ʾanšê*-*ḥāyil*": "men of valor/valiant men/mighty warriors"
}
}
45{
"verseID": "Judges.20.45",
"source": "וַיִּפְנ֞וּ וַיָּנֻ֤סוּ הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙ אֶל־סֶ֣לַע הָֽרִמּ֔וֹן וַיְעֹֽלְלֻ֙הוּ֙ בַּֽמְסִלּ֔וֹת חֲמֵ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֖ים אִ֑ישׁ וַיַּדְבִּ֤יקוּ אַחֲרָיו֙ עַד־גִּדְעֹ֔ם וַיַּכּ֥וּ מִמֶּ֖נּוּ אַלְפַּ֥יִם אִֽישׁ׃",
"text": "And they *wəyippənû* and they *wəyyānusû* the *hammidəbārâ* to-*selaʿ hārimmôn* and they *wəyəʿōləluhû* in-the-*məsillôt* five thousand *ʾîš*; and they *wayyadbîqû* after them unto-*gidʿōm* and they *wayyakkū* from them two thousand *ʾîš*.",
"grammar": {
"*wəyippənû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - and they turned",
"*wəyyānusû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - and they fled",
"*hammidəbārâ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular + directional he - to the wilderness",
"*selaʿ hārimmôn*": "noun construct chain - rock of Rimmon",
"*wəyəʿōləluhû*": "waw consecutive + piel imperfect, 3rd person plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and they gleaned them",
"*məsillôt*": "noun, feminine plural - highways/roads",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - men (collective)",
"*wayyadbîqû*": "waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd person plural - and they pursued/overtook",
"*gidʿōm*": "proper noun - Gidom",
"*wayyakkū*": "waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd person plural - and they smote/struck"
},
"variants": {
"*wəyippənû*": "turned/faced/turned away",
"*wəyyānusû*": "fled/escaped",
"*hammidəbārâ*": "toward the wilderness/desert",
"*wəyəʿōləluhû*": "gleaned them/gathered them/cut them off",
"*məsillôt*": "highways/roads/paths",
"*wayyadbîqû*": "pursued/overtook/clung to",
"*wayyakkū*": "smote/struck/slew"
}
}
46{
"verseID": "Judges.20.46",
"source": "וַיְהִי֩ כָל־הַנֹּ֨פְלִ֜ים מִבִּנְיָמִ֗ן עֶשְׂרִים֩ וַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה אֶ֥לֶף אִ֛ישׁ שֹׁ֥לֵֽף חֶ֖רֶב בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא אֶֽת־כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה אַנְשֵׁי־חָֽיִל׃",
"text": "And it *wəyəhî* all-the-*nōpəlîm* from-*binyāmin* twenty and-five thousand *ʾîš* *šōlēp ḥereb* in-the-day the-that; *ʾet*-all-these *ʾanšê-ḥāyil*.",
"grammar": {
"*wəyəhî*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and it was/came to pass",
"*nōpəlîm*": "qal participle, masculine plural - falling ones/those who fell",
"*binyāmin*": "proper noun - Benjamin",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - men (collective)",
"*šōlēp ḥereb*": "qal participle + noun - drawing sword/armed with sword",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾanšê-ḥāyil*": "noun construct chain - men of valor/strength"
},
"variants": {
"*nōpəlîm*": "fallen ones/casualties/those who fell",
"*šōlēp ḥereb*": "drawing sword/wielding sword/armed warriors",
"*ʾanšê-ḥāyil*": "men of valor/men of strength/valiant warriors"
}
}
47{
"verseID": "Judges.20.47",
"source": "וַיִּפְנ֞וּ וַיָּנֻ֤סוּ הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙ אֶל־סֶ֣לַע הָֽרִמּ֔וֹן שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אִ֑ישׁ וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ בְּסֶ֣לַע רִמּ֔וֹן אַרְבָּעָ֖ה חֳדָשִֽׁים׃",
"text": "And they *wəyippənû* and they *wəyyānusû* the-*midəbārâ* to-*selaʿ hārimmôn* six hundred *ʾîš*; and they *wayyēšəbû* in-*selaʿ rimmôn* four *ḥŏdāšîm*.",
"grammar": {
"*wəyippənû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - and they turned",
"*wəyyānusû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - and they fled",
"*midəbārâ*": "noun, feminine singular + directional he - to the wilderness",
"*selaʿ hārimmôn*": "noun construct chain - rock of Rimmon",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - men (collective)",
"*wayyēšəbû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - and they dwelt/remained",
"*selaʿ rimmôn*": "noun construct chain - rock of Rimmon",
"*ḥŏdāšîm*": "noun, masculine plural - months"
},
"variants": {
"*wəyippənû*": "turned/faced/turned away",
"*wəyyānusû*": "fled/escaped",
"*midəbārâ*": "toward the wilderness/desert",
"*wayyēšəbû*": "dwelt/remained/stayed"
}
}
48{
"verseID": "Judges.20.48",
"source": "וְאִ֨ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל שָׁ֣בוּ אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י בִנְיָמִן֙ וַיַכּ֣וּם לְפִי־חֶ֔רֶב מֵעִ֤יר מְתִ[c]ם֙ עַד־בְּהֵמָ֔ה עַ֖ד כָּל־הַנִּמְצָ֑א גַּ֛ם כָּל־הֶעָרִ֥ים הַנִּמְצָא֖וֹת שִׁלְּח֥וּ בָאֵֽשׁ׃",
"text": "And-*ʾîš yiśrāʾēl* *šābû* to-*bənê binyāmin* and they *wayyakkûm* to-*pî-ḥereb* from-*ʿîr mətim* until-*bəhēmâ* until all-the-*nimṣāʾ*; also all-the-*ʿārîm* the-*nimṣāʾôt* they *šilləḥû* in-the-*ʾēš*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾîš yiśrāʾēl*": "noun construct chain - men of Israel",
"*šābû*": "qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they returned/turned back",
"*bənê binyāmin*": "noun construct chain - sons of Benjamin/Benjaminites",
"*wayyakkûm*": "waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd person plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and they smote them",
"*pî-ḥereb*": "noun construct chain - mouth of sword/edge of sword",
"*ʿîr mətim*": "noun construct chain - city of men/intact city",
"*bəhēmâ*": "noun, feminine singular - beast/cattle",
"*nimṣāʾ*": "niphal participle, masculine singular - being found/that which was found",
"*ʿārîm*": "noun, feminine plural - cities",
"*nimṣāʾôt*": "niphal participle, feminine plural - being found/that were found",
"*šilləḥû*": "piel perfect, 3rd person plural - they sent/set",
"*ʾēš*": "noun, feminine singular - fire"
},
"variants": {
"*šābû*": "returned/turned back",
"*wayyakkûm*": "smote them/struck them/slew them",
"*pî-ḥereb*": "edge of sword/with the sword",
"*ʿîr mətim*": "entire city/city of men/from city to city",
"*nimṣāʾ*": "that which was found/everything that remained",
"*šilləḥû*": "sent/set/put/consigned"
}
}