Judges 20:32
“We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”
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ASV
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 away from the city unto the highways.
KJV
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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Commentary
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16 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ | vai.yo.me.Ru | and they said | H559 → |
| בְּנֵ֣י | be.Nei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → |
| בִנְיָמִ֔ן | vin.ya.Min | Benjamin | H1144 → |
| נִגָּפִ֥ים | ni.ga.Fim | [are] defeated | H5062 → |
| הֵ֛ם | hem | they | H1992 → |
| לְפָנֵ֖ינוּ | le.fa.Nei.nu | <to> before us | H6440 → |
| כְּבָרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה | ke.va.ri.sho.Nah | as at the former [time] | H7223 → |
| וּבְנֵ֧י | u.ve.Nei | and [the] people of | H1121 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| אָמְר֗וּ | 'a.me.Ru | they said | H559 → |
| נָנ֙וּסָה֙ | na.Nu.sah | let us flee | H5127 → |
| וּֽנְתַקְּנֻ֔הוּ | u.ne.ta.ke.Nu.hu | and we will draw away him | H5423 → |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → |
| הָעִ֖יר | ha.'Ir | the city | H5892 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| הַֽמְסִלּֽוֹת׃ | Ham.si.Lot | the highways | H4546 → |
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