The Meaning of Judges 20:46 Explained

Judges 20:46

KJV: So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.

YLT: And all those falling of Benjamin are twenty and five thousand men drawing sword, on that day -- the whole of these are men of valour;

Darby: So all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men that drew the sword, all of them men of valor.

ASV: So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valor.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So that all which fell  that day  of Benjamin  were twenty  and five  thousand  men  that drew  the sword;  all these [were] men  of valour. 

What does Judges 20:46 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 20:46 mean?

So were all who fell of Benjamin twenty and five thousand men who drew the sword day that - all these [were] men of valor
וַיְהִי֩ כָל־ הַנֹּ֨פְלִ֜ים מִבִּנְיָמִ֗ן עֶשְׂרִים֩ וַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה אֶ֥לֶף אִ֛ישׁ שֹׁ֥לֵֽף חֶ֖רֶב בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא אֶֽת־ כָּל־ אֵ֖לֶּה אַנְשֵׁי־ חָֽיִל

וַיְהִי֩  So  were 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
הַנֹּ֨פְלִ֜ים  who  fell 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
מִבִּנְיָמִ֗ן  of  Benjamin 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בִּנְיָמִין 
Sense: Jacob’s and Rachel’s youngest son, Joseph’s full brother.
עֶשְׂרִים֩  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה  and  five 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
אֶ֥לֶף  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
אִ֛ישׁ  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
שֹׁ֥לֵֽף  who  drew 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שָׁלַף  
Sense: to draw out or off, take off.
חֶ֖רֶב  the  sword 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶרֶב  
Sense: sword, knife.
בַּיּ֣וֹם  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַה֑וּא  that 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
אֶֽת־  - 
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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