Judges

Judges 20:39

³⁹the men of Israel would turn in the battle.

When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
the men	אִֽישׁ־	’îš-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H376 man
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
would turn	וַיַּהֲפֹ֥ךְ	way·ya·hă·p̄ōḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2015 turn, overturn
in the battle	בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה	bam·mil·ḥā·māh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4421 battle, war
When the Benjamites	וּבִנְיָמִ֡ן	ū·ḇin·yā·min	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1144 Binjamin
had begun	הֵחֵל֩	hê·ḥêl	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2490 bore, pierce
to strike them down	לְהַכּ֨וֹת	lə·hak·kō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H5221 smite
killing	חֲלָלִ֤ים	ḥă·lā·lîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2491 pierced
about thirty	כִּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים	kiš·lō·šîm	Preposition-k; Number - common plural	H7970 thirty
men	בְּאִֽישׁ־	bə·’îš-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H376 man
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
they said	אָמְר֔וּ	’ā·mə·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H559 utter, say
They are	הוּא֙	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
defeated	נִגּ֨וֹף	nig·gō·wp̄	Verb - Nifal - Infinitive absolute	H5062 strike, smite
before us	לְפָנֵ֔ינוּ	lə·p̄ā·nê·nū	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H6440 face, before
as in the first	הָרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃	hā·ri·šō·nāh	Article; Adjective - feminine singular	H7223 former, first, chief
battle	כַּמִּלְחָמָ֖ה	kam·mil·ḥā·māh	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4421 battle, war

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