Judges

Judges 20:40

⁴⁰But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But when the column	עַמּ֣וּד	‘am·mūḏ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5982 pillar, column
of smoke	עָשָׁ֑ן	‘ā·šān	Noun - masculine singular	H6227 smoke
began	הֵחֵ֛לָּה	hê·ḥêl·lāh	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H2490 bore, pierce
to go up	לַעֲל֥וֹת	la·‘ă·lō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
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
the Benjamites	בִּנְיָמִן֙	bin·yā·min	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1144 Binjamin
looked	וַיִּ֤פֶן	way·yi·p̄en	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6437 turn
behind them	אַחֲרָ֔יו	’a·ḥă·rāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H310 behind
and saw	וְהִנֵּ֛ה	wə·hin·nêh	Conjunctive waw; Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
the whole	כְלִיל־	ḵə·lîl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3632 entire, whole, holocaust
city	הָעִ֖יר	hā·‘îr	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
going up	עָלָ֥ה	‘ā·lāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
in smoke	הַשָּׁמָֽיְמָה׃	haš·šā·mā·yə·māh	Article; Noun - masculine plural; third person feminine singular	H8064 sky, aloft

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.