The Meaning of Judges 20:9 Explained

Judges 20:9

KJV: But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;

YLT: and now, this is the thing which we do to Gibeah -- against it by lot!

Darby: But now this is what we will do to Gib'e-ah: we will go up against it by lot,

ASV: But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But now this [shall be] the thing  which we will do  to Gibeah;  [we will go up] by lot  against it; 

What does Judges 20:9 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 20:9 mean?

But now this [is] the thing which we will do to Gibeah [We will go up] against it by lot
וְעַתָּ֕ה זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשֶׂ֖ה לַגִּבְעָ֑ה עָלֶ֖יהָ בְּגוֹרָֽל

וְעַתָּ֕ה  But  now 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: עַתָּה  
Sense: now.
זֶ֣ה  this  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
הַדָּבָ֔ר  the  thing 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
נַעֲשֶׂ֖ה  we  will  do 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לַגִּבְעָ֑ה  to  Gibeah 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּבְעָה  
Sense: a city in the mountain district of Judah.
עָלֶ֖יהָ  [We  will  go  up]  against  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
בְּגוֹרָֽל  by  lot 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֹּורָל  
Sense: lot.