KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Judges 20:16 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Among all” | מִכֹּ֣ל׀ | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | Among all |
| “this” | הַזֶּ֗ה | The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | this |
| “people” | הָעָ֣ם | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “there were” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “seven” | שְׁבַ֤ע | Seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number | seven |
| “hundred” | מֵאוֹת֙ | A hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction | hundred |
| “chosen” | בָּח֔וּר | Properly, to try, i.e., (by implication) select | chosen |
| “men” | אִ֣ישׁ | A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) | men |
| “lefthanded;” | יַד | A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] | lefthanded |
| “every one” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | every one |
| “could sling” | קֹלֵ֧עַ | To sling; also to carve (as if a circular motion, or into light forms) | could sling |
| “stones” | בָּאֶ֛בֶן | A stone | stones |
| “at” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | at |
| “an hair” | הַֽשַּׂעֲרָ֖ה | Hairiness | hair |
| “breadth,” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “and not” | וְלֹ֥א | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “miss.” | יַֽחֲטִֽא׃ | Properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn | miss |
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14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up first.
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