King James Version

Judges 20:44

And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.

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וַֽיִּפְּלוּ֙vayiplvand fallנָפַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and fall”, the next action in the storyH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ןmibinyaminfrom Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Benjamin”H1144Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryBenjamin.שְׁמֹנָֽהshemonaheightשְׁמֹנֶהadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “eight”, the ordinary formH8083a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eightheight(-een, -eenth), eighth.עָשָׂ֥רasarteenעָשָׂרadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “teen”, the ordinary formH6240ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth(eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), [phrase] eleven(-th), [phrase] sixscore thousand, [phrase] twelve(-th).אֶ֖לֶףelefthousandאֶלֶףadjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, absolute — “thousand”, the ordinary formH505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandthousand.אִ֑ישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a 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)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).אֵ֖לֶּהelehtheseאֵלֶּהpronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “these”H428these or thosean-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).אַנְשֵׁיanshea certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “a certain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH376a 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)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…חָֽיִלchayilarmyחַיִלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “army”, the ordinary formH2428probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strengthable, activity, ([phrase]) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ([phrase]) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor.

Young’s Literal Translation

And there fall of Benjamin eighteen thousand men — the whole of these [are] men of valour;

World English Bible

Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all these were men of valor.

Darby Translation

And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men: all these, men of valour.

Douay-Rheims

And they that were slain in the same place were eighteen thousand men, all most valiant soldiers.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men: all these were men of might.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔπεσον ἀπὸ Βενιαμὶν ὀκτωκαίδεκα χιλιάδες ἀνδρῶν· οἱ πάντες οὗτοι ἄνδρες δυνάμεως.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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