Judges 20:39
the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”
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ASV
And the men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
KJV
And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
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21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּהֲפֹ֥ךְ | vai.ya.ha.Fokh | and he turned | H2015 → |
| אִֽישׁ־ | 'ish- | [the] man of | H376 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה | ba.mil.cha.Mah | in the battle | H4421 → |
| וּבִנְיָמִ֡ן | u.vin.ya.Min | and Benjamin | H1144 → |
| הֵחֵל֩ | he.Chel | it began | H2490 → |
| לְהַכּ֨וֹת | le.ha.Kot | to strike down | H5221 → |
| חֲלָלִ֤ים | cha.la.Lim | fatally wounded | H2491 → |
| בְּאִֽישׁ־ | be.'ish- | among [the] man of | H376 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| כִּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים | kish.lo.Shim | about thirty | H7970 → |
| אִ֔ישׁ | 'Ish | man | H376 → |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| אָמְר֔וּ | 'a.me.Ru | they said | H559 → |
| אַךְ֩ | 'aKh | surely | H389 → |
| נִגּ֨וֹף | ni.Gof | certainly <to defeated> | H5062 → |
| נִגָּ֥ף | ni.Gaf | [is] defeated | H5062 → |
| הוּא֙ | hu' | it | H1931 → |
| לְפָנֵ֔ינוּ | le.fa.Nei.nu | <to> before us | H6440 → |
| כַּמִּלְחָמָ֖ה | ka.mil.cha.Mah | like the battle | H4421 → |
| הָרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃ | ha.ri.sho.Nah | <the> first | H7223 → |
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