The Meaning of Judges 21:24 Explained

Judges 21:24

KJV: And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.

YLT: And the sons of Israel go up and down thence at that time, each to his tribe, and to his family; and they go out thence each to his inheritance.

Darby: And the people of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.

ASV: And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the children  of Israel  departed  thence at that time,  every man  to his tribe  and to his family,  and they went out  from thence every man  to his inheritance. 

What does Judges 21:24 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 21:24 mean?

So departed from there the sons of Israel at time that every man to his tribe and family and they went out from there to his inheritance
וַיִּתְהַלְּכ֨וּ מִשָּׁ֤ם בְּנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא אִ֥ישׁ לְשִׁבְט֖וֹ וּלְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹ וַיֵּצְא֣וּ מִשָּׁ֔ם לְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ

וַיִּתְהַלְּכ֨וּ  So  departed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
מִשָּׁ֤ם  from  there 
Parse: Preposition-m, Adverb
Root: שָׁם  
Sense: there, thither.
בְּנֵֽי־  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙  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.
בָּעֵ֣ת  at  time 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: עֵת  
Sense: time.
הַהִ֔יא  that 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
אִ֥ישׁ  every  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
לְשִׁבְט֖וֹ  to  his  tribe 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: שֵׁבֶט  
Sense: rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe.
וּלְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹ  and  family 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
וַיֵּצְא֣וּ  and  they  went  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
מִשָּׁ֔ם  from  there 
Parse: Preposition-m, Adverb
Root: שָׁם  
Sense: there, thither.
לְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ  to  his  inheritance 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.

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