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Judges 21:20

Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

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ויצוvytsvand appointצָוָהconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and appoint”, the next action in the storyH6680(intensively) to constitute, enjoinappoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.וַיְצַוּ֕וּvaytsauvand appointצָוָהconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and appoint”, the next action in the storyH6680(intensively) to constitute, enjoinappoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.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).בְּנֵ֥יbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […בִנְיָמִ֖ןvinyaminBenjaminבִּנְיָמִיןnoun, proper name — “Benjamin”H1144Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryBenjamin.לֵאמֹ֑רlemorto sayאָמַרpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to say”, the to-form of the verbH559to 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…לְכ֖וּlekhvcarryיָלַךְverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “carry”, a commandH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…וַאֲרַבְתֶּ֥םvaaravtemand ambushאָרַבconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and ambush”, a completed actionH693to lurk(lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.בַּכְּרָמִֽיםbakramimin vineyardכֶּרֶםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “in vineyard”, the ordinary formH3754a garden or vineyardvines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. See also H1021 (בֵּית הַכֶּרֶם).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying: 'Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,

Young’s Literal Translation

And they command the sons of Benjamin, saying, 'Go — and ye have laid wait in the vineyards,

World English Bible

They commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,

Darby Translation

And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

Douay-Rheims

And they commanded the children of Benjamin, and said: Go, and lie hid in the vineyards,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying: 'Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they charged the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐνετείλαντο τοῖς υἱοῖς Βενιαμεὶν, λέγοντες, πορεύεσθε καὶ ἐνεδρεύσατε ἐν τοῖς ἀμπελῶσι,