The Meaning of Judges 20:24 Explained

Judges 20:24

KJV: And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

YLT: And the sons of Israel draw near unto the sons of Benjamin on the second day,

Darby: So the people of Israel came near against the Benjaminites the second day.

ASV: And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the children  of Israel  came near  against the children  of Benjamin  the second  day. 

What does Judges 20:24 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Judges 20

1  The Levite in a general assembly declared his wrong
8  The decree of the assembly
12  The Benjamites, being cited, make head against the Israelites
18  The Israelites in two battles lose forty thousand
26  They destroy by a plan all the Benjamites, except six hundred

What do the individual words in Judges 20:24 mean?

So approached the sons of Israel to the sons of Benjamin on the day second
וַיִּקְרְב֧וּ בְנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶל־ בְּנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשֵּׁנִֽי

וַיִּקְרְב֧וּ  So  approached 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: קָרַב  
Sense: to come near, approach, enter into, draw near.
בְנֵֽי־  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
בְּנֵ֥י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
בִנְיָמִ֖ן  of  Benjamin 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בִּנְיָמִין 
Sense: Jacob’s and Rachel’s youngest son, Joseph’s full brother.
בַּיּ֥וֹם  on  the  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַשֵּׁנִֽי  second 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: שֵׁנִי  
Sense: second.

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