Hebrew Interlinear

Judges 20:43 Interlinear

Thus they inclosed and chased with ease them and trode them down over against Gibeah toward the sunrising

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כִּתְּר֤וּH3803Thus they inclosedto enclose; hence (in a friendly sense) to crown, (in a hostile one) to besiege; also to wait (as restraining oneself)
2אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3בִּנְיָמִן֙H1144binjamin, youngest son of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
4הִרְדִיפֻ֔הוּH7291and chasedto run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
5מְנוּחָ֖הH4496with easerepose or (adverbially) peacefully; figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony); hence (concretely) an abode
6הִדְרִיכֻ֑הוּH1869them and trode them downto tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)
7עַ֛דH5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
8נֹ֥כַחH5227over againstproperly, the front part; used adverbially (especially with preposition), opposite, in front of, forward, in behalf of
9הַגִּבְעָ֖הH1390Gibeahgibah; the name of three places in palestine
10מִמִּזְרַחH4217toward the sunrisingsunrise, i.e., the east
11שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃H8121the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement

Verse Context

Judges 20:42Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way...
Judges 20:43 (current)Thus they inclosed and chased with ease them and trode them down over against Gibeah toward the sunrising
Judges 20:44And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men...

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