| 42. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 20:42:1 ⧉וַיִּפְנ֞וּvayifnuand they turned Judges 20:42:2 ⧉לִפְנֵ֨יlifneibefore Judges 20:42:3 ⧉אִ֤ישׁisha man of Judges 20:42:4 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵל֙yisraelIsrael Judges 20:42:5 ⧉אֶל־דֶּ֣רֶךְelderekhto the way of Judges 20:42:6 ⧉הַמִּדְבָּ֔רhamidbarthe wilderness Judges 20:42:7 ⧉וְהַמִּלְחָמָ֖הvehamilkhamaand the battle Judges 20:42:8 ⧉הִדְבִּיקָ֑תְהוּhidbikatehuovertook him Judges 20:42:9 ⧉וַאֲשֶׁר֙vaasherand those who Judges 20:42:10 ⧉מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔יםmeherimfrom the cities Judges 20:42:11 ⧉מַשְׁחִיתִ֥יםmashkhitimwere destroying Judges 20:42:12 ⧉אוֹת֖וֹotohim Judges 20:42:13 ⧉בְּתוֹכֽוֹ׃betokhoin his midst |
| 42. Formal Translation And they turned before the men of Israel toward the road to the wilderness, and the battle overtook them, and those who came from the cities were destroying them in their midst. |
| 42. Dynamic Translation They retreated before the Israelites along the road to the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and those emerging from the towns cut them down in their midst. |