What Does Judges 20:36 Mean?

“saw”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

“So the children”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“of Benjamin”

binjamin, youngest son of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“that they were smitten”

to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)

“gave”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“for the men”

a 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)

“of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“place”

properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)

“of Benjamin”

binjamin, youngest son of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“because they trusted”

properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as h2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure

near, with or among; often in general, to

“unto the liers in wait”

to lurk

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“which they had set”

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“beside Gibeah”

gibah; the name of three places in palestine