King James Version

Judges 21:17

And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

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וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvayomrvand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…יְרֻשַּׁ֥תyerushatheritageיְרֻשָּׁהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “heritage”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3425something occupied; a conquest; also a patrimonyheritage, inheritance, possession.פְּלֵיטָ֖הpeleytahdeliveranceפְּלֵיטָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “deliverance”, the ordinary formH6413deliverance; concretely, an escaped portiondeliverance, (that is) escape(-d), remnant.לְבִנְיָמִ֑ןlevinyaminto Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Benjamin”H1144Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryBenjamin.וְלֹֽאveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יִמָּחֶ֥הyimachehreach untoמָחָהverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “reach unto”, an unfinished actionH4229properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach toabolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, [idiom] utterly, wipe (away, out).שֵׁ֖בֶטshevetdartשֵׁבֶטnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dart”, the ordinary formH7626a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan[idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽלmiyisraelfrom Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלpreposition, noun, proper name — “from Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they said: 'They that are escaped must be as an inheritance for Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they say, 'A possession of an escaped party [is] to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;

World English Bible

They said, “There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.

Darby Translation

And they said, There must be a possession for those of Benjamin that have escaped, that a tribe be not blotted out of Israel.

Douay-Rheims

And we must use all care, and provide with great diligence, that one tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they said: 'They that are escaped must be as an inheritance for Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they said, There must be an inheritance of them that are escaped of Benjamin; and so a tribe shall not be destroyed out of Israel.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπαν, κληρονομία διασωζομένων τῶν Βενιαμίν· καὶ οὐκ ἐξαλειφθήσεται φυλὴ ἀπὸ Ἰσραὴλ,