| 34. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 20:34:1 ⧉וַיָּבֹאוּ֩vayovuand they came Judges 20:34:2 ⧉מִנֶּ֨גֶדminegedfrom opposite Judges 20:34:3 ⧉לַגִּבְעָ֜הlagivato Gibeah Judges 20:34:4 ⧉עֲשֶׂרֶת֩aseretten of Judges 20:34:5 ⧉אֲלָפִ֨יםalafimthousands Judges 20:34:6 ⧉אִ֤ישׁishman Judges 20:34:7 ⧉בָּחוּר֙bakhurchosen Judges 20:34:8 ⧉מִכָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לmikolyisraelfrom all Israel Judges 20:34:9 ⧉וְהַמִּלְחָמָ֖הvehamilkhamaand the battle Judges 20:34:10 ⧉כָּבֵ֑דָהkavedawas heavy Judges 20:34:11 ⧉וְהֵם֙vehembut they Judges 20:34:12 ⧉לֹ֣אlonot Judges 20:34:13 ⧉יָדְע֔וּyadeuthey knew Judges 20:34:14 ⧉כִּֽי־נֹגַ֥עַתkinogaatthat was touching Judges 20:34:15 ⧉עֲלֵיהֶ֖םalehemupon them Judges 20:34:16 ⧉הָרָעָֽה׃פharaathe evil |
| 34. Formal Translation Ten thousand chosen men from all Israel came against Gibeah, and the battle was heavy. They did not know that disaster was reaching upon them. |
| 34. Dynamic Translation Ten thousand of Israel’s chosen men advanced against Gibeah, and the fighting was intense. The Benjamites did not realize that disaster was about to strike them. |