Judges 20:16
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss."
Word-by-Word Analysis
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
שֶׁבַע
shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
בָּחַר
bâchar
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
English grammatical function word ('lefthanded'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equival...
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
קָלַע
qâlaʻ
to sling; also to carve (as if a circular motion, or into light forms)
רֹחַב
rôchab
width (literally or figuratively)
חָטָא
châṭâʼ
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('lefthanded'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are...
Study GRAM →חָטָא châṭâʼ
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
Study H2398 →קָלַע qâlaʻ
to sling; also to carve (as if a circular motion, or into light forms)
Study H7049 →שֶׁבַע shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
Study H7651 →Cross References
But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Egl...
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin.
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as...
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to...
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