Judges 3:15
Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data
"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 Eglon the king of Moab."
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
צָעַק
tsâʻaq
to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
יָשַׁע
yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
אֵהוּד
ʼÊhûwd
Ehud, the name of two or three Israelites
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 ...
בֶּן־יְמִינִי
Ben-yᵉmîynîy
a Benjaminite, or descendent of Benjamin
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)
English grammatical function word ('lefthanded'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equival...
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
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
מִנְחָה
minchâh
a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
עֶגְלוֹן
ʻEglôwn
Eglon, the name of a place in Palestine and of a Moabitish king
מוֹאָב
Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
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 →יָשַׁע yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
Study H3467 →עֶגְלוֹן ʻEglôwn
Eglon, the name of a place in Palestine and of a Moabitish king
Study H5700 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →מִנְחָה minchâh
a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
Study H4503 →מוֹאָב Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
Study H4124 →Cross References
And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye e...
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
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.
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