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Judges 21:16 Interlinear

“said Then the elders of the congregation How shall we do for them that remain for wives are destroyed out of Benjamin for wives”

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Judges 21 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיֹּֽאמְר֨וּ	H559	said	to say (used with great latitude)
2	זִקְנֵ֣י	H2205	Then the elders	old
3	הָֽעֵדָ֔ה	H5712	of the congregation	a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
4	מַה	H4100		properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
5	נַּֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה	H6213	How shall we do	to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
6	לַנּֽוֹתָרִ֖ים	H3498	for them that remain	to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve
7	אִשָּֽׁה׃	H802	for wives	a woman
8	כִּֽי	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
9	נִשְׁמְדָ֥ה	H8045	are destroyed	to desolate
10	מִבִּנְיָמִ֖ן	H1144	out of Benjamin	binjamin, youngest son of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
11	אִשָּֽׁה׃	H802	for wives	a woman

Judges 21:16 (current)said Then the elders of the congregation How shall we do for them that remain for wives are destroyed out of Benjamin for wives