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Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising. (KJV)
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כִּתְּר֤וּki.te.Ruthey surrounded
Lemma: כָּתַר (ka.tar) · Strong's: H3803
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)
Meaning: to surround
Used 6 times. Also: Job 36:2, Psalms 22:12, Psalms 142:7, Proverbs 14:18, Habakkuk 1:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3803; TAHOT Judges 20:43 word 1
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 20:43 word 2
בִּנְיָמִן֙bin.ya.MinBenjamin
Lemma: בִּנְיָמִין (bin.ya.min) · Strong's: H1144G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Benjamin
Used 157 times. Also: Genesis 35:18, Genesis 35:24, Genesis 42:4, Genesis 42:36, Genesis 43:14, Genesis 43:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1144G; TAHOT Judges 20:43 word 3
הִרְדִיפֻ֔הוּhir.di.Fu.huthey pursued him
Lemma: רָדַף (ra.daph) · Strong's: H7291
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVhp3cp)
Meaning: to pursue
Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 14:14, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 31:23, Genesis 35:5, Genesis 44:4, Exodus 14:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7291; TAHOT Judges 20:43 word 4
מְנוּחָ֖הme.nu.Chahrest
Lemma: מְנוּחָה (me.nu.chah) · Strong's: H4496G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: Nohah
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4496G; TAHOT Judges 20:43 word 5
הִדְרִיכֻ֑הוּhid.ri.Khu.huthey trod down him
Lemma: דָּרַךְ (da.rakh) · Strong's: H1869
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVhp3cp)
Meaning: to tread
Used 62 times. Also: Numbers 24:17, Deuteronomy 1:36, Deuteronomy 11:24, Deuteronomy 11:25, Deuteronomy 33:29, Joshua 1:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1869; TAHOT Judges 20:43 word 6
עַ֛ד'adto
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Judges 20:43 word 7
נֹ֥כַחNo.khachopposite
Lemma: נֹ֫כַח (no.khach) · Strong's: H5227
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HAcmsc)
Meaning: before
Used 25 times. Also: Genesis 25:21, Genesis 30:38, Exodus 14:2, Exodus 26:35, Exodus 40:24, Numbers 19:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5227; TAHOT Judges 20:43 word 8
הַגִּבְעָ֖הha.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 20:43 word 9
מִמִּזְרַח\־mi.miz.rach-from [the] rising of
Lemma: מִזְרָח (miz.rach) · Strong's: H4217H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: east
Used 73 times. Also: Exodus 27:13, Exodus 38:13, Numbers 2:3, Numbers 3:38, Numbers 21:11, Numbers 32:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4217H; TAHOT Judges 20:43 word 10
שָֽׁמֶשׁ\׃Sha.mesh[the] sun
Lemma: שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ (she.mesh) · Strong's: H8121
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: sun
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 15:12, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:23, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 32:31, Genesis 37:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8121; TAHOT Judges 20:43 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| They surrounded | → | כָּתַר H3803 to surround |
| the Benjamites | → | בִּנְיָמִין H1144G Benjamin |
| pursued them | → | רָדַף H7291 to pursue |
| and easily | → | מְנוּחָה H4496G Nohah |
| overtook them | → | דָּרַךְ H1869 to tread |
| in the vicinity | → | עַד H5704 till |
| . . . | → | נֹ֫כַח H5227 before |
| of Gibeah | → | גִּבְעָה H1390H Gibeah |
| on the east | → | שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ H8121 sun |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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