Judges 20:38
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מוֹעֵד
môwʻêd
properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a ...
אוֹת
ʼôwth
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
בֵּין
bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
עָקֵב
ʻâqêb
a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
לֶהָבָה
lehâbâh
{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}
עָשָׁן
ʻâshân
smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger)
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Key Terms in This Verse
עָקֵב ʻâqêb
a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)
Study H6119 →לֶהָבָה lehâbâh
{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}
Study H3852 →אוֹת ʼôwth
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
Study H226 →מוֹעֵד môwʻêd
properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; b...
Study H4150 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →בֵּין bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
Study H996 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilde...
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