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And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.Ruand they said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Judges 21:17 word 1
יְרֻשַּׁ֥תye.ru.Shata possession of
Lemma: יְרֻשָּׁה (ye.rush.shah) · Strong's: H3425
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: possession
Used 14 times. Also: Deuteronomy 2:5, Deuteronomy 2:9, Deuteronomy 2:12, Deuteronomy 2:19, Deuteronomy 3:20, Joshua 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3425; TAHOT Judges 21:17 word 2
פְּלֵיטָ֖הpe.lei.Tah[the] escaped remnant
Lemma: פְּלֵיטָה (pe.le.tah) · Strong's: H6413
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: survivor
Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 32:8, Genesis 45:7, Exodus 10:5, 2 Samuel 15:14, 2 Kings 19:30, 2 Kings 19:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6413; TAHOT Judges 21:17 word 3
לְבִנְיָמִ֑ןle.vin.ya.Min[belongs] to Benjamin
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 21:17 word 4
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Judges 21:17 word 5
יִמָּחֶ֥הyi.ma.Chehit will be wiped out
Lemma: מָחָה (ma.chah) · Strong's: H4229A
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)
Meaning: to wipe
Used 34 times. Also: Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:23, Exodus 17:14, Exodus 32:32, Exodus 32:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4229A; TAHOT Judges 21:17 word 6
שֵׁ֖בֶטShe.veta tribe
Lemma: שֵׁ֫בֶט (she.vet) · Strong's: H7626H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: tribe
Used 136 times. Also: Genesis 49:16, Genesis 49:28, Exodus 24:4, Exodus 28:21, Exodus 39:14, Numbers 4:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7626H; TAHOT Judges 21:17 word 7
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃mi.Yis.ra.'Elfrom Israel
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Israel
Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT Judges 21:17 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| They added | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| There must be heirs | → | יְרֻשָּׁה H3425 possession |
| for the survivors | → | פְּלֵיטָה H6413 survivor |
| of Benjamin | → | בִּנְיָמִין H1144G Benjamin |
| so that a tribe | → | שֵׁ֫בֶט H7626H tribe |
| of Israel | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
| will not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| be wiped out | → | מָחָה H4229A to wipe |
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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