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to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend <BR> 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called <BR> 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly <BR> 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch">559</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 559 -- Occurrence 1776 of 5308">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/vaiyomeru_559.htm" title="vai·Yo·me·Ru,: said -- Occurrence 154 of 298.">way-yō-mə-rū,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">And they said</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural">Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3425.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3425: 1) possession, inheritance">3425</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3425.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3425 -- Occurrence 11 of 14">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/yerushshat_3425.htm" title="ye·rush·Shat: an inheritance -- Occurrence 1 of 2.">yə-ruš-šaṯ</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">[There must be] an inheritance</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - feminine singular construct">N-fsc</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6413.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6413: 1) escape, deliverance <BR> 1a) escape, deliverance <BR> 1b) escaped remnant">6413</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6413.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6413 -- Occurrence 4 of 28">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">פְּלֵיטָ֖ה<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/peleitah_6413.htm" title="pe·lei·Tah: the survivors -- Occurrence 1 of 5.">pə-lê-ṭāh</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">for the survivors</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - feminine singular">N-fs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1144.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1144: Benjamin = 'son of the right hand'<BR> 1) Jacob's and Rachel's youngest son, Joseph's full brother <BR> 2) son of Bilhan, great-grandson of Benjamin <BR> 3) a Benjamite, one of the sons of Harim, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife <BR> 4) the tribe descended from Benjamin, the son of Jacob">1144</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1144.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1144 -- Occurrence 78 of 167">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/levinyamin_1144.htm" title="le·vin·ya·Min;: of Benjamin -- Occurrence 8 of 12.">lə-ḇin-yā-min;</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">of Benjamin</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-l :: Noun - proper - masculine singular">Prep-l | N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no <BR> 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) <BR> 1b) not (with modifier-negation) <BR> 1c) nothing (subst) <BR> 1d) without (with particle) <BR> 1e) before (of time)">3808</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3808 -- Occurrence 1578 of 5184">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וְלֹֽא־<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/velo_3808.htm" title="ve·lo-: so -- Occurrence 437 of 1589.">wə-lō-</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">that not</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Adverb - Negative particle">Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/4229.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 4229: 1) to wipe, wipe out <BR> 1a) (Qal)<BR> 1a1) to wipe <BR> 1a2) to blot out, obliterate <BR> 1a3) to blot out, exterminate <BR> 1b) (Niphal) <BR> 1b1) to be wiped out <BR> 1b2) to be blotted out <BR> 1b3) to be exterminated <BR> 1c) (Hiphil) to blot out (from memory) <BR> 2) (Qal) to strike <BR> 3) (Pual) full of marrow (participle)">4229</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4229.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 4229 -- Occurrence 15 of 36">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">יִמָּחֶ֥ה<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/yimmacheh_4229.htm" title="yim·ma·Cheh: will not be blotted -- Occurrence 2 of 2.">yim-mā-ḥeh</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">may be destroyed</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular">V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/7626.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 7626: 1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe <BR> 1a) rod, staff <BR> 1b) shaft (of spear, dart) <BR> 1c) club (of shepherd's implement) <BR> 1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority) <BR> 1e) clan, tribe">7626</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7626.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 7626 -- Occurrence 80 of 190">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">שֵׁ֖בֶט<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/shevet_7626.htm" title="She·vet: A tribe -- Occurrence 27 of 60.">šê-ḇeṭ</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">a tribe</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular">N-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel = 'God prevails'<BR> 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel <BR> 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob <BR> 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split <BR> 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah <BR> 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile">3478</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3478 -- Occurrence 928 of 2506">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/miyisrael_3478.htm" title="mi·Yis·ra·'El.: Israel -- Occurrence 13 of 32.">mî-yiś-rā-’êl.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">from Israel</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Preposition-m :: Noun - proper - masculine singular">Prep-m | N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" 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title="vai·yo·me·ru,: said -- 559: to utter, say">וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3425.htm" title="ye·ru·shat: an inheritance -- 3425: possession, inheritance">יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6413.htm" title="pe·lei·tah: the survivors -- 6413: an escape">פְּלֵיטָ֖ה</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1144.htm" title="le·vin·ya·min;: of Benjamin -- 1144: son of (the) right hand,' youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Isr .">לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3808.htm" title="ve·lo-: so -- 3808: not">וְלֹֽא־</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4229.htm" title="yim·ma·cheh: will not be blotted -- 4229: to wipe, wipe out">יִמָּחֶ֥ה</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7626.htm" title="she·vet: A tribe -- 7626: rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe">שֵׁ֖בֶט</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3478.htm" title="mi·yis·ra·'el.: Israel -- 3478: God strives,' another name of Jacob and his desc.">מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/judges/21.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/559.htm" title="'amar (aw-mar') -- answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge">And they said</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3425.htm" title="yrushah (yer-oosh-shaw') -- heritage, inheritance, possession">There must be an inheritance</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6413.htm" title="pleytah (pel-ay-taw') -- deliverance, (that is) escape(-d), remnant">for them that be escaped</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1144.htm" title="Binyamiyn (bin-yaw-mene') -- Benjamin">of Benjamin</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7626.htm" title="shebet (shay'-bet) -- X correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe">that a tribe</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/4229.htm" title="machah (maw-khaw') -- abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, X utterly, wipe (away, out)">be not destroyed</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3478.htm" title="Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale') -- also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel">out of Israel</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/judges/21.htm">שופטים 21:17 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת פְּלֵיטָ֖ה לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן וְלֹֽא־יִמָּחֶ֥ה שֵׁ֖בֶט מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/judges/21.htm">שופטים 21:17 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">ויאמרו ירשת פליטה לבנימן ולא־ימחה שבט מישראל׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/judges/21.htm">שופטים 21:17 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">ויאמרו ירשת פליטה לבנימן ולא־ימחה שבט מישראל׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/judges/21.htm">שופטים 21:17 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">ויאמרו ירשת פליטה לבנימן ולא ימחה שבט מישראל׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/judges/21-17.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/judges/21.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />They said, "There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/judges/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they said, <i>There must be</i> an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/judges/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They said, "There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out. <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="hdg">an inheritance</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/numbers/26-55.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Numbers 26:55</span> Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the …</a></p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/numbers/36-7.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Numbers 36:7</span> So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from …</a></p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/judges/21-17.htm">Judges 21:17</a> • <a href="/niv/judges/21-17.htm">Judges 21:17 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/judges/21-17.htm">Judges 21:17 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/judges/21-17.htm">Judges 21:17 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/judges/21-17.htm">Judges 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