Judges 20:5
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
גִּבְעָה
Gibʻâh
Gibah; the name of three places in Palestine
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
סָבַב
çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
נָקַף
nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
חָלָל
châlâl
pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
פִּילֶגֶשׁ
pîylegesh
a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour
לָחַץ
lâchats
properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
Key Terms in This Verse
סָבַב çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
Study H5437 →חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →נָקַף nâqaph
to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
Study H5362 →Cross References
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