Judges 21:22
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
שִׂיחַ
sîyach
to ponder, i.e. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
רָצָה
râtsâh
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy adebt
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
חָשַׂךְ
châsak
to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
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)
מִלְחָמָה
milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
אָשַׁם
ʼâsham
to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish
Key Terms in This Verse
שִׂיחַ sîyach
to ponder, i.e. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter
Study H7878 →חָשַׂךְ châsak
to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
Study H2820 →מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
Study H4421 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →אָח ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Study H251 →Cross References
Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
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