The Meaning of Judges 20:22 Explained

Judges 20:22

KJV: And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.

YLT: And the people, the men of Israel, strengthen themselves, and add to set the battle in array in the place where they arranged themselves on the first day.

Darby: But the people, the men of Israel, took courage, and again formed the battle line in the same place where they had formed it on the first day.

ASV: And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first day.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the people  the men  of Israel  encouraged  themselves, and set their battle  again  in array  in the place  where they put themselves in array  the first  day. 

What does Judges 20:22 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 20:22 mean?

And encouraged themselves the people that is the men of Israel and again formed the battle line at the place where they had put themselves in array there on the day first
וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֥ק הָעָ֖ם אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֹּסִ֙פוּ֙ לַעֲרֹ֣ךְ מִלְחָמָ֔ה בַּמָּק֕וֹם אֲשֶׁר־ עָ֥רְכוּ שָׁ֖ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הָרִאשֽׁוֹן

וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֥ק  And  encouraged  themselves 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָזַק  
Sense: to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore.
הָעָ֖ם  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
אִ֣ישׁ  that  is  the  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל  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.
וַיֹּסִ֙פוּ֙  and  again 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָסַף 
Sense: to add, increase, do again.
לַעֲרֹ֣ךְ  formed 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: עָרַךְ  
Sense: to arrange, set or put or lay in order, set in array, prepare, order, ordain, handle, furnish, esteem, equal, direct, compare.
מִלְחָמָ֔ה  the  battle  line 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִלְחָמָה  
Sense: battle, war.
בַּמָּק֕וֹם  at  the  place 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָקֹום  
Sense: standing place, place.
אֲשֶׁר־  where 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
עָ֥רְכוּ  they  had  put  themselves  in  array 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: עָרַךְ  
Sense: to arrange, set or put or lay in order, set in array, prepare, order, ordain, handle, furnish, esteem, equal, direct, compare.
בַּיּ֥וֹם  on  the  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הָרִאשֽׁוֹן  first 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רִאשֹׁון  
Sense: first, primary, former.

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