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Judges 21:17 Interlinear

“And they said There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin be not destroyed that a tribe out of Israel”

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Judges 21 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ	H559	And they said	to say (used with great latitude)
2	יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת	H3425	There must be an inheritance	something occupied; a conquest; also a patrimony
3	פְּלֵיטָ֖ה	H6413	for them that be escaped	deliverance; concretely, an escaped portion
4	לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן	H1144	of Benjamin	binjamin, youngest son of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
5	וְלֹֽא	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
6	יִמָּחֶ֥ה	H4229	be not destroyed	properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e., grease or make fat
7	שֵׁ֖בֶט	H7626	that a tribe	a scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
8	מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	H3478	out of Israel	he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Judges 21:17 (current)And they said There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin be not destroyed that a tribe out of Israel