The Meaning of Judges 20:33 Explained

Judges 20:33

KJV: And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.

YLT: And all the men of Israel have risen from their place, and arrange themselves at Baal-Tamar, and the ambush of Israel is coming forth out of its place, out of the meadow of Gibeah.

Darby: And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Ba'al-ta'mar; and the men of Israel who were in ambush rushed out of their place west of Geba.

ASV: And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers-in-wait of Israel brake forth out of their place, even out of Maareh-geba.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And all the men  of Israel  rose up  out of their place,  and put themselves in array  at Baaltamar:  and the liers in wait  of Israel  came forth  out of their places,  [even] out of the meadows  of Gibeah. 

What does Judges 20:33 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 20:33 mean?

So all the men of Israel rose from their place and put themselves in battle array at Baal Tamar and men in ambush of Israel burst forth from their position in the plain of Geba
וְכֹ֣ל ׀ אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל קָ֚מוּ מִמְּקוֹמ֔וֹ וַיַּעַרְכ֖וּ בְּבַ֣עַל תָּמָ֑ר וְאֹרֵ֧ב יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל מֵגִ֥יחַ מִמְּקֹמ֖וֹ מִמַּֽעֲרֵה־ גָֽבַע

וְכֹ֣ל ׀  So  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
אִ֣ישׁ  the  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל  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.
קָ֚מוּ  rose 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
מִמְּקוֹמ֔וֹ  from  their  place 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מָקֹום  
Sense: standing place, place.
וַיַּעַרְכ֖וּ  and  put  themselves  in  battle  array 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine 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.
בְּבַ֣עַל  at 
Parse: Preposition
תָּמָ֑ר  Baal  Tamar 
Parse: Preposition, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בַּעַל תָּמָר  
Sense: a place near Gibeah in Benjamin.
וְאֹרֵ֧ב  and  men  in  ambush 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular construct
Root: אָרַב  
Sense: to lie in wait, ambush, lurk.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל  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.
מֵגִ֥יחַ  burst  forth 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular
Root: גָּחָה 
Sense: to burst forth.
מִמְּקֹמ֖וֹ  from  their  position 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מָקֹום  
Sense: standing place, place.
מִמַּֽעֲרֵה־  in  the  plain  of 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַעֲרֶה  
Sense: bare space, open plain.
גָֽבַע  Geba 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּבְעָה  
Sense: a city in the mountain district of Judah.

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