The Meaning of Judges 20:29 Explained

Judges 20:29

KJV: And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.

YLT: And Israel setteth liers in wait against Gibeah, round about,

Darby: So Israel set men in ambush round about Gib'e-ah.

ASV: And Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Israel  set  liers in wait  round about  Gibeah. 

What does Judges 20:29 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 20:29 mean?

And set Israel men in ambush to Gibeah all around -
וַיָּ֤שֶׂם יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֹֽרְבִ֔ים אֶל־ הַגִּבְעָ֖ה סָבִֽיב פ

וַיָּ֤שֶׂם  And  set 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙  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.
אֹֽרְבִ֔ים  men  in  ambush 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: אָרַב  
Sense: to lie in wait, ambush, lurk.
הַגִּבְעָ֖ה  Gibeah 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּבְעָה  
Sense: a city in the mountain district of Judah.
סָבִֽיב  all  around 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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