JUDGES 21:13

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.”

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Judges 21:13 Translation & Meaning

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And the whole כָּל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) whole
congregation הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה A stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd) congregation
sent וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ To send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) sent
some (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
to speak וַֽיְדַבְּרוּ֙ Perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue speak
to אֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to to
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
that אֲשֶׁ֖ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc that
were (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
in the rock בְּסֶ֣לַע A craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress) rock
Rimmon, רִמּ֑וֹן Rimmon, the name of a Syrian deity Rimmon
and to call וַיִּקְרְא֥וּ To call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications) call
peaceably שָׁלֽוֹם׃ Safe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace peaceably
unto them. שָׁלֽוֹם׃ Safe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace unto them

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  • 11  And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.

  • 12  And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

  • 13  And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.

  • 14  And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.

  • 15  And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.




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