The Meaning of Judges 20:44 Explained

Judges 20:44

KJV: And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.

YLT: And there fall of Benjamin eighteen thousand men -- the whole of these are men of valour;

Darby: Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell, all of them men of valor.

ASV: And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And there fell  of Benjamin  eighteen  thousand  men;  all these [were] men  of valour. 

What does Judges 20:44 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 20:44 mean?

And fell of Benjamin eight [and] ten thousand men - all these [were] men of valor
וַֽיִּפְּלוּ֙ מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן שְׁמֹנָֽה־ עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֖לֶף אִ֑ישׁ אֶת־ כָּל־ אֵ֖לֶּה אַנְשֵׁי־ חָֽיִל

וַֽיִּפְּלוּ֙  And  fell 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן  of  Benjamin 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בִּנְיָמִין 
Sense: Jacob’s and Rachel’s youngest son, Joseph’s full brother.
שְׁמֹנָֽה־  eight 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: שְׁמֹנֶה  
Sense: eight, eighth.
עָשָׂ֥ר  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
אֶ֖לֶף  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
אִ֑ישׁ  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
אֵ֖לֶּה  these  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
אַנְשֵׁי־  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
חָֽיִל  of  valor 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חַיִל 
Sense: strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army.

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