8 {
"verseID": "Judges.20.8",
"source": "וַיָּ֙קָם֙ כָּל־הָעָ֔ם כְּאִ֥ישׁ אֶחָ֖ד לֵאמֹ֑ר לֹ֤א נֵלֵךְ֙ אִ֣ישׁ לְאָהֳל֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א נָס֖וּר אִ֥ישׁ לְבֵיתֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*wə-yāqom kol-hā-ʿām kə-'îš 'eḥād lē'mōr lō' nēlēk 'îš lə-'ohŏlô wə-lō' nāsûr 'îš lə-bêtô*.",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yāqom*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and arose",
"*kol-hā-ʿām*": "construct + definite article + masculine singular noun - all the people",
"*kə-'îš*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - as a man",
"*'eḥād*": "numeral - one",
"*lē'mōr*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*lō'*": "negative particle - not",
"*nēlēk*": "Qal imperfect 1st person plural - we will go",
"*'îš*": "masculine singular noun - man/each",
"*lə-'ohŏlô*": "preposition + masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his tent",
"*wə-lō'*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*nāsûr*": "Qal imperfect 1st person plural - we will turn aside",
"*'îš*": "masculine singular noun - man/each",
"*lə-bêtô*": "preposition + masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his house"
},
"variants": {
"*yāqom*": "arose/stood up/rose up",
"*kə-'îš 'eḥād*": "as one man/in unity/unanimously",
"*nēlēk*": "will go/shall go/would go",
"*nāsûr*": "will turn aside/will depart/will go away"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Judges.20.9",
"source": "וְעַתָּ֕ה זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשֶׂ֖ה לַגִּבְעָ֑ה עָלֶ֖יהָ בְּגוֹרָֽל׃",
"text": "*wə-ʿattâ zeh ha-ddābār 'ăšer naʿăśeh la-ggibʿâ; ʿāleyhā bə-gôrāl*.",
"grammar": {
"*wə-ʿattâ*": "conjunction + adverb - and now",
"*zeh*": "masculine singular demonstrative pronoun - this",
"*ha-ddābār*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the thing/matter",
"*'ăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that",
"*naʿăśeh*": "Qal imperfect 1st person plural - we will do",
"*la-ggibʿâ*": "preposition + definite article + proper noun - to Gibeah",
"*ʿāleyhā*": "preposition + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - against it",
"*bə-gôrāl*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - by lot"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿattâ*": "now/at this time",
"*dābār*": "thing/matter/word/plan",
"*naʿăśeh*": "we will do/we shall act/we will perform",
"*gibʿâ*": "Gibeah (place name)",
"*gôrāl*": "lot/allotment/decision by lot"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Judges.20.10",
"source": "וְלָקַ֣חְנוּ עֲשָׂרָה֩ אֲנָשִׁ֨ים לַמֵּאָ֜ה לְכֹ֣ל ׀ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וּמֵאָ֤ה לָאֶ֙לֶף֙ וְאֶ֣לֶף לָרְבָבָ֔ה לָקַ֥חַת צֵדָ֖ה לָעָ֑ם לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת לְבוֹאָם֙ לְגֶ֣בַע בִּנְיָמִ֔ן כְּכָל־הַ֨נְּבָלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃",
"text": "*wə-lāqaḥnû ʿăśārâ 'ănāšîm la-mmē'â lə-kōl šibṭê yiśrā'ēl û-mē'â lā-'elep wə-'elep lā-rəbābâ lāqaḥat ṣēdâ lā-ʿām; la-ʿăśôt lə-bô'ām lə-gebaʿ binyāmin kə-kol-ha-nnəbālâ 'ăšer ʿāśâ bə-yiśrā'ēl*.",
"grammar": {
"*wə-lāqaḥnû*": "conjunction + Qal perfect 1st person plural - and we will take",
"*ʿăśārâ*": "number - ten",
"*'ănāšîm*": "masculine plural noun - men",
"*la-mmē'â*": "preposition + definite article + number - for the hundred",
"*lə-kōl*": "preposition + construct - for all",
"*šibṭê*": "masculine plural construct - tribes of",
"*yiśrā'ēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*û-mē'â*": "conjunction + number - and hundred",
"*lā-'elep*": "preposition + definite article + number - for the thousand",
"*wə-'elep*": "conjunction + number - and thousand",
"*lā-rəbābâ*": "preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - for the ten thousand",
"*lāqaḥat*": "Qal infinitive construct - to take",
"*ṣēdâ*": "feminine singular noun - provisions",
"*lā-ʿām*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - for the people",
"*la-ʿăśôt*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to do",
"*lə-bô'ām*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - at their coming",
"*lə-gebaʿ*": "preposition + proper noun - to Geba",
"*binyāmin*": "proper noun - Benjamin",
"*kə-kol-ha-nnəbālâ*": "preposition + construct + definite article + feminine singular noun - according to all the disgraceful folly",
"*'ăšer*": "relative pronoun - which",
"*ʿāśâ*": "Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he/it did",
"*bə-yiśrā'ēl*": "preposition + proper noun - in Israel"
},
"variants": {
"*lāqaḥnû*": "we will take/we shall seize/we will select",
"*ṣēdâ*": "provisions/supplies/food",
"*la-ʿăśôt*": "to do/to act/to perform",
"*gebaʿ*": "Geba (place name, possibly same as Gibeah)",
"*nəbālâ*": "disgraceful folly/outrage/shameful thing"
}
}
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"
}
}