The Meaning of Judges 20:14 Explained

Judges 20:14

KJV: But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

YLT: and the sons of Benjamin are gathered out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle with the sons of Israel.

Darby: And the Benjaminites came together out of the cities to Gib'e-ah, to go out to battle against the people of Israel.

ASV: And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But the children  of Benjamin  gathered themselves together  out of the cities  unto Gibeah,  to go out  to battle  against the children  of Israel. 

What does Judges 20:14 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 20:14 mean?

And Instead gathered together the sons of Benjamin from their cities to Gibeah to go to battle against the sons of Israel
וַיֵּאָסְפ֧וּ בְנֵֽי־ בִנְיָמִ֛ן מִן־ הֶעָרִ֖ים הַגִּבְעָ֑תָה לָצֵ֥את לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה עִם־ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

וַיֵּאָסְפ֧וּ  And  Instead  gathered  together 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אָסַף 
Sense: to gather, receive, remove, gather in.
בְנֵֽי־  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
בִנְיָמִ֛ן  of  Benjamin 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בִּנְיָמִין 
Sense: Jacob’s and Rachel’s youngest son, Joseph’s full brother.
הֶעָרִ֖ים  their  cities 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
הַגִּבְעָ֑תָה  to  Gibeah 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: גִּבְעָה  
Sense: a city in the mountain district of Judah.
לָצֵ֥את  to  go 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה  to  battle 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִלְחָמָה  
Sense: battle, war.
עִם־  against 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.
בְּנֵ֥י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל  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.

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