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And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword. (KJV)

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וְהָאֹרֵ֣בve.ha.'o.Revand the ambusher

Lemma: אָרַב (a.rav) · Strong's: H0693

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to ambush

Used 41 times. Also: Deuteronomy 19:11, Joshua 8:2, Joshua 8:4, Joshua 8:7, Joshua 8:12, Joshua 8:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0693; TAHOT Judges 20:37 word 1

הֵחִ֔ישׁוּhe.Chi.shuthey made haste

Lemma: חוּשׁ (chush) · Strong's: H2363A

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVhp3cp)

Meaning: to hasten

Used 18 times. Also: Numbers 32:17, Deuteronomy 32:35, 1 Samuel 20:38, Job 20:2, Job 31:5, Psalms 22:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2363A; TAHOT Judges 20:37 word 2

וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּvai.yif.she.Tuand they made a raid

Lemma: פָּשַׁט (pa.shat) · Strong's: H6584

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to strip

Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 37:23, Leviticus 1:6, Leviticus 6:11, Leviticus 16:23, Numbers 20:26, Numbers 20:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6584; TAHOT Judges 20:37 word 3

אֶל\־'el-against

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Judges 20:37 word 4

הַגִּבְעָ֑הha.giv.'Ah<the> Gibeah

Lemma: גִּבְעָה (giv.ah) · Strong's: H1390H

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Gibeah

Used 43 times. Also: Joshua 24:33, Judges 19:12, Judges 19:13, Judges 19:14, Judges 19:15, Judges 19:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1390H; TAHOT Judges 20:37 word 5

וַיִּמְשֹׁךְ֙vai.yim.shoKhand he marched

Lemma: מָשַׁךְ (ma.shakh) · Strong's: H4900

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to draw

Used 36 times. Also: Genesis 37:28, Exodus 12:21, Exodus 19:13, Deuteronomy 21:3, Joshua 6:5, Judges 4:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4900; TAHOT Judges 20:37 word 6

הָאֹרֵ֔בha.'o.Revthe ambusher

Lemma: אָרַב (a.rav) · Strong's: H0693

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to ambush

Used 41 times. Also: Deuteronomy 19:11, Joshua 8:2, Joshua 8:4, Joshua 8:7, Joshua 8:12, Joshua 8:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0693; TAHOT Judges 20:37 word 7

וַיַּ֥ךְvai.Yakhand he struck

Lemma: נָכָה (na.khah) · Strong's: H5221

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)

Meaning: to smite

Used 499 times. Also: Genesis 4:15, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 14:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5221; TAHOT Judges 20:37 word 8

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Judges 20:37 word 9

כָּל\־kol-all

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: all

Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Judges 20:37 word 10

הָעִ֖ירha.'Irthe city

Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: city

Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT Judges 20:37 word 11

לְפִי\־le.fi-to [the] mouth of

Lemma: פֶּה (peh) · Strong's: H6310H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: lip: edge

Used 45 times. Also: Exodus 17:13, Numbers 21:24, Deuteronomy 13:15, Deuteronomy 20:13, Joshua 6:21, Joshua 8:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6310H; TAHOT Judges 20:37 word 12

חָֽרֶב\׃Cha.rev[the] sword

Lemma: חֶ֫רֶב (che.rev) · Strong's: H2719

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: sword

Used 412 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 27:40, Genesis 31:26, Genesis 34:25, Genesis 34:26, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2719; TAHOT Judges 20:37 word 13

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

The men in ambush	→	אָרַב H0693 to ambush
rushed	→	פָּשַׁט H6584 to strip
suddenly	→	חוּשׁ H2363A to hasten
against	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
Gibeah	→	גִּבְעָה H1390H Gibeah
they	→	אָרַב H0693 to ambush
advanced	→	מָשַׁךְ H4900 to draw
and put	→	נָכָה H5221 to smite
the whole	→	כֹּל H3605 all
city	→	עִיר H5892B city
to the sword	→	חֶ֫רֶב H2719 sword

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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