Judges 20:43
Strong's Lexicon
They surrounded
כִּתְּר֤וּ (kit·tə·rū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3803: 1) to surround 1a) (Piel) to surround 1b) (Hiphil) to surround, encircle

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

the Benjamites,
בִּנְיָמִן֙ (bin·yā·min)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1144: Benjamin = 'son of the right hand' 1) Jacob's and Rachel's youngest son, Joseph's full brother 2) son of Bilhan, great-grandson of Benjamin 3) a Benjamite, one of the sons of Harim, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife 4) the tribe descended from Benjamin, the son of Jacob

pursued them,
הִרְדִיפֻ֔הוּ (hir·ḏî·p̄u·hū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7291: 1) to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pursue, put to flight, chase, dog, attend closely upon 1a2) to persecute, harass (fig) 1a3) to follow after, aim to secure (fig) 1a4) to run after (a bribe) (fig) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be pursued 1b2) one pursued (participle) 1c) (Piel) to pursue ardently, aim eagerly to secure, pursue 1d) (Pual) to be pursued, be chased away 1e) (Hiphil) to pursue, chase

and easily
מְנוּחָ֖ה (mə·nū·ḥāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4496: 1) resting place, rest 1a) resting place 1b) rest, quietness

overtook them
הִדְרִיכֻ֑הוּ (hiḏ·rî·ḵu·hū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1869: 1) to tread, bend, lead, march 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tread, march, march forth 1a2) to tread on, tread upon 1a3) to tread (a press) 1a4) to tread (bend) a bow 1a5) archer, bow-benders (participle) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to tread, tread down 1b2) to tread (bend with the foot) a bow 1b3) to cause to go, lead, march, tread

in the vicinity
עַ֛ד (‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: prep 1) as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as 1a) of space 1a1) as far as, up to, even to 1b) in combination 1b1) from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' -from) 1c) of time 1c1) even to, until, unto, till, during, end 1d) of degree 1d1) even to, to the degree of, even like conj 2) until, while, to the point that, so that even

נֹ֥כַח (nō·ḵaḥ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5227: subst 1) be in front of adv 2) in front of, opposite to, in the sight of, before, to the front, right on prep 3) towards the front of, in front of, on behalf of, as far as in front of

of Gibeah
הַגִּבְעָ֖ה (hag·giḇ·‘āh)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1390: Gibeah = 'hill' 1) a city in the mountain district of Judah 2) a city of Benjamin, birthplace of king Saul 3) a city in Kirjath-jearim of Ephraim

on the east.
שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃ (šā·meš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8121: 1) sun 1a) sun 1b) sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction) 1c) sun (as object of illicit worship) 1d) openly, publicly (in other phrases) 1e) pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.

Young's Literal Translation
they have compassed the Benjamites—they have pursued them—with ease they have trodden them down till over-against Gibeah, at the sun-rising.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They surrounded the Benjaminites, pursued them, and easily overtook them near Gibeah toward the east .

New American Standard Bible
They surrounded Benjamin, pursued them without rest [and] trod them down opposite Gibeah toward the east.

King James Bible
[Thus] they inclosed the Benjamites round about, [and] chased them, [and] trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them and easily overran them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.

New Living Translation
The Israelites surrounded the men of Benjamin and chased them relentlessly, finally overtaking them east of Gibeah.

English Standard Version
Surrounding the Benjaminites, they pursued them and trod them down from Nohah as far as opposite Gibeah on the east.

New American Standard Bible
They surrounded Benjamin, pursued them without rest and trod them down opposite Gibeah toward the east.

King James Bible
Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They surrounded the Benjaminites, pursued them, and easily overtook them near Gibeah toward the east.

International Standard Version
They surrounded the army of Benjamin, pursuing them ceaselessly until they defeated them near the east-facing border of Gibeah.

NET Bible
They surrounded the Benjaminites, chased them from Nohah, and annihilated them all the way to a spot east of Geba.

American Standard Version
They inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trod them down at their resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.

English Revised Version
They enclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down at their resting place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.

Young's Literal Translation
they have compassed the Benjamites -- they have pursued them -- with ease they have trodden them down till over-against Gibeah, at the sun-rising.
















Cross References
Judges 20:44
And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.

Hosea 9:9
They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

Hosea 10:9
O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.

Judges 1:1
Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

Judges 20:42
Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

Judges 20:41
And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.

Judges 20:40
But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.

Judges 20:45
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.

Judges 20:46
So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
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