Judges

Judges 20:32

³²“We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites.

But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
We are defeating them	נִגָּפִ֥ים	nig·gā·p̄îm	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural	H5062 strike, smite
as before	הֵ֛ם	hêm	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
said	וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
the Benjamites	בְּנֵ֣י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
But the Israelites	וּבְנֵ֧י	ū·ḇə·nê	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
said	אָמְר֗וּ	’ā·mə·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H559 utter, say
Let us retreat	נָנ֙וּסָה֙	nā·nū·sāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural	H5127 flee, escape
and draw them away	וּֽנְתַקְּנֻ֔הוּ	ū·nə·ṯaq·qə·nu·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural; third person masculine singular	H5423 pull, draw, tear away, apart, off
from	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the city	הָעִ֖יר	hā·‘îr	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
onto	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the roads	הַֽמְסִלּֽוֹת׃	ham·sil·lō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H4546 highway

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.