The Meaning of Judges 21:11 Explained

Judges 21:11

KJV: And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.

YLT: And this is the thing which ye do; every male, and every woman knowing the lying of a male, ye devote.'

Darby: This is what you shall do; every male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall utterly destroy."

ASV: And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And this [is] the thing  that ye shall do,  Ye shall utterly destroy  every male,  and every woman  that hath lain  by man. 

What does Judges 21:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Judges 21

1  The people bewail the desolation of Benjamin
8  By the destruction of Jabesh Gilead they provide them four hundred wives
16  They advise the remainder to surprise the virgins that danced at Shiloh

What do the individual words in Judges 21:11 mean?

And this [is] the thing that you shall do every male and every woman by man who has known intimately a man You shall utterly destroy
וְזֶ֥ה הַדָּבָ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ כָּל־ זָכָ֗ר וְכָל־ אִשָּׁ֛ה יֹדַ֥עַת מִשְׁכַּב־ זָכָ֖ר תַּחֲרִֽימוּ

וְזֶ֥ה  And  this  [is] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
הַדָּבָ֖ר  the  thing 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ  you  shall  do 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
כָּל־  every 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
זָכָ֗ר  male 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָכָר  
Sense: male (of humans and animals) adj.
וְכָל־  and  every 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
אִשָּׁ֛ה  woman 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
יֹדַ֥עַת  by  man 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
מִשְׁכַּב־  who  has  known  intimately 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁכָּב  
Sense: a lying down, couch, bier, act of lying.
זָכָ֖ר  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָכָר  
Sense: male (of humans and animals) adj.
תַּחֲרִֽימוּ  You  shall  utterly  destroy 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: חָרַם 
Sense: to ban, devote, destroy utterly, completely destroy, dedicate for destruction, exterminate.

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