Judges 21:5
Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data
"And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
שֵׁבֶט
shêbeṭ
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עֵדָה
ʻêdâh
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
שְׁבוּעָה
shᵉbûwʻâh
properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath
עַל
ʻal
{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
מִצְפֶּה
Mitspeh
Mitspeh, the name of five places in Palestine
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Key Terms in This Verse
שֵׁבֶט shêbeṭ
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
Study H7626 →עַל ʻal
{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}
Study H5922 →עֵדָה ʻêdâh
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
Study H5712 →מָוֶת mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Study H4194 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
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 he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so s...
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