Judges
Judges 21:23
23The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Benjamites | בְּנֵ֣י | bə·nê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| did | וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ | way·ya·‘ă·śū- | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H6213 do, make |
| and carried away | וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ | way·yiś·’ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| the number | לְמִסְפָּרָ֔ם | lə·mis·pā·rām | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H4557 number, tale |
| of women | נָשִׁים֙ | nā·šîm | Noun - feminine plural | H802 woman, wife, female |
| they needed from | מִן־ | min- | Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| the dancers | הַמְּחֹלְל֖וֹת | ham·mə·ḥō·lə·lō·wṯ | Article; Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine plural | H2342 whirl, dance, writhe |
| they caught | גָּזָ֑לוּ | gā·zā·lū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H1497 tear away, seize, rob |
| They went | וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ | way·yê·lə·ḵū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H1980 go, come, walk |
| back | וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ | way·yā·šū·ḇū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H7725 turn back, return |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| their own inheritance | נַ֣חֲלָתָ֔ם | na·ḥă·lā·ṯām | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H5159 possession, property, inheritance |
| rebuilt | וַיִּבְנוּ֙ | way·yiḇ·nū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H1129 build |
| their cities | הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים | he·‘ā·rîm | Article; Noun - feminine plural | H5892 excitement |
| and settled | וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ | way·yê·šə·ḇū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H3427 sit, remain, dwell |
| in them | בָּהֶֽם׃ | bā·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural |
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