The Meaning of Judges 21:12 Explained

Judges 21:12

KJV: And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

YLT: And they find out of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred young women, virgins, who have not known man by the lying of a male, and they bring them in unto the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

Darby: And they found among the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'ead four hundred young virgins who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

ASV: And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they found  among the inhabitants  of Jabeshgilead  four  hundred  young  virgins,  that had known  no man  by lying  with any male:  and they brought  them unto the camp  to Shiloh,  which [is] in the land  of Canaan. 

What does Judges 21:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Judges 21

1  The people bewail the desolation of Benjamin
8  By the destruction of Jabesh Gilead they provide them four hundred wives
16  They advise the remainder to surprise the virgins that danced at Shiloh

What do the individual words in Judges 21:12 mean?

So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins who not had known a man intimately with any male and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan -
וַֽיִּמְצְא֞וּ מִיּוֹשְׁבֵ֣י ׀ יָבֵ֣ישׁ גִּלְעָ֗ד אַרְבַּ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ נַעֲרָ֣ה בְתוּלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא־ יָדְעָ֛ה אִ֖ישׁ לְמִשְׁכַּ֣ב זָכָ֑ר וַיָּבִ֨יאוּ אוֹתָ֤ם אֶל־ הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙ שִׁלֹ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּאֶ֥רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן ס

וַֽיִּמְצְא֞וּ  So  they  found 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: מָצָא  
Sense: to find, attain to.
מִיּוֹשְׁבֵ֣י ׀  among  the  inhabitants 
Parse: Preposition-m, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
גִּלְעָ֗ד  Jabesh  Gilead 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּלְעָד  
Sense: a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called ‘Mount Gilead’ or the ‘land of Gilead’ or just ‘Gilead’.
אַרְבַּ֤ע  four 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
מֵאוֹת֙  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
נַעֲרָ֣ה  young 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נַעֲרָה  
Sense: girl, damsel, female servant.
בְתוּלָ֔ה  virgins 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּתוּלָה  
Sense: virgin.
יָדְעָ֛ה  had  known 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
אִ֖ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
לְמִשְׁכַּ֣ב  intimately 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁכָּב  
Sense: a lying down, couch, bier, act of lying.
זָכָ֑ר  with  any  male 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָכָר  
Sense: male (of humans and animals) adj.
וַיָּבִ֨יאוּ  and  they  brought 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙  the  camp 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: מַחֲנֶה  
Sense: encampment, camp.
שִׁלֹ֔ה  at  Shiloh 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: שִׁילֹו 
Sense: a city in Ephraim and temporary home of the Ark of the Covenant and the Tabernacle, the place where Samuel grew up.
אֲשֶׁ֖ר  which  is 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ  in  the  land 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
כְּנָֽעַן  of  Canaan 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּנַעַן 
Sense: the 4th son of Ham and the progenitor of the Phoenicians and of the various nations who peopled the seacoast of Palestine.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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