KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Judges 20:32 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.”
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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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| “And the children” | בְּנֵ֣י | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | children |
| “of Benjamin” | בִנְיָמִ֔ן | Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory | Benjamin |
| “said,” | וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “They” | הֵ֛ם | They (only used when emphatic) | They |
| “are” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “smitten down” | נִגָּפִ֥ים | To push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease) | smitten down |
| “before” | לְפָנֵ֖ינוּ | The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) | before |
| “us, as at the first.” | כְּבָרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה | First, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun) | first |
| “But the children” | וּבְנֵ֧י | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | children |
| “of Israel” | יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “said,” | אָֽמְר֗וּ | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “Let us flee,” | נָנ֙וּסָה֙ | To flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver) | Let flee |
| “and draw” | וּֽנְתַקְּנ֔וּהוּ | To tear off | draw |
| “them from” | מִן | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | them from |
| “the city” | הָעִ֖יר | A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) | city |
| “unto” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | unto |
| “the highways.” | הַֽמְסִלּֽוֹת׃ | A thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase | highways |
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30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
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