Hebrew Interlinear

Judges 20:45 Interlinear

And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men and pursued hard after them unto Gidom and slew thousand men

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּפְנ֞וּH6437And they turnedto turn; by implication, to face, i.e., appear, look, etc
2וַיָּנֻ֤סוּH5127and fledto flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
3הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙H4057toward the wildernessa pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
4אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
5סֶ֣לַעH5553unto the rocka craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
6הָֽרִמּ֔וֹןH7417of Rimmonrimmon, the name of five places in palestine
7וַיְעֹֽלְלֻ֙הוּ֙H5953and they gleanedto effect thoroughly; by implication (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e., maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also literal)
8בַּֽמְסִלּ֔וֹתH4546of them in the highwaysa thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
9חֲמֵ֥שֶׁתH2568fivefive
10אַלְפַּ֥יִםH505thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
11אִֽישׁ׃H376mena man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
12וַיַּדְבִּ֤יקוּH1692and pursuedproperly, to impinge, i.e., cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
13אַֽחֲרָיו֙H310hard afterproperly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
14עַדH5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
15גִּדְעֹ֔םH1440them unto Gidomgidom, a place in palestine
16וַיַּכּ֥וּH5221and slewto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
17מִמֶּ֖נּוּH4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
18אַלְפַּ֥יִםH505thousandhence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
19אִֽישׁ׃H376mena man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

Verse Context

Judges 20:44And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men...
Judges 20:45 (current)And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men and pursued hard after them unto Gidom and slew thousand men
Judges 20:46 So that all which fell of Benjamin were twenty and five...

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