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Judges 20:40

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And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite [and] kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as [in] the first battle.	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.	And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But when the flame^H4864 began^H2490 to arise up^H5927 out of the city^H5892 with a pillar^H5982 of smoke^H6227, the Benjamites^H1145 looked^H6437 behind^H310 them, and, behold, the flame^H3632 of the city^H5892 ascended up^H5927 to heaven^H8064.

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Original Hebrew

וְהַמַּשְׂאֵת הֵחֵלָּה לַעֲלֹות מִן־הָעִיר עַמּוּד עָשָׁן וַיִּפֶן בִּנְיָמִן אַחֲרָיו וְהִנֵּה עָלָה כְלִיל־הָעִיר הַשָּׁמָיְמָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/הַ/מַּשְׂאֵ֗ת	ve./ha./mas.'Et	H4864	HC/Td/Ncfsa	and/ the/ rising
הֵחֵ֛לָּה	he.Che.lah	H2490	HVhp3fs	it began
לַ/עֲל֥וֹת	la./'a.Lot	H5927	HR/Vqc	to/ go up
מִן	min-	H4480	HR	from
הָ/עִ֖יר	ha./'Ir	H5892	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ city
עַמּ֣וּד	'a.Mud	H5982	HNcmsc	a pillar of
עָשָׁ֑ן	'a.Shan	H6227	HNcmsa	smoke
וַ/יִּ֤פֶן	va/i.Yi.fen	H6437	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it turned
בִּנְיָמִן֙	bin.ya.Min	H1144	HNp	Benjamin
אַחֲרָ֔י/ו	'a.cha.Ra/v	H310	HR/Sp3ms	behind/ it
וְ/הִנֵּ֛ה	ve./hi.Neh	H2009	HC/Tm	and/ there!
עָלָ֥ה	'a.Lah	H5927	HVqp3ms	it went up
כְלִיל	khe.lil-	H3632	HAamsc	(the) entirety of
הָ/עִ֖יר	ha./'Ir	H5892	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ city
הַ/שָּׁמָֽיְמָ/ה	ha./sha.Ma.ye.ma/h	H8064	HTd/Ncmpa/Sd	the/ heavens/ towards

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H310 — אַחַר (ʼachar, akh-ar'): from אָחַר; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses); after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
• H1145 — בֶּן־יְמִינִי (Ben-yᵉmîynîy, ben-yem-ee-nee'): sometimes (with the article inserted) בֵּן־הַיּמִינִי; with אִישׁ inserted (1 Samuel 9:1) בֶּן־אִישׁ ימִינִי; son of a man of Jemini; or shortened אִישׁ יְמִינִי; (1 Samuel 9:4; Esther 2:5) a man of Jemini, or (1 Samuel 20:1) simply יְמִינִיxlit Yᵉmînîy corrected to Yᵉmîynîy; a Jeminite; (plural) בְּנֵי יְמִינִיxlit Bᵉnîy corrected to Bᵉnêy; patron from בִּנְיָמִין; a Benjaminite, or descendent of Benjamin; Benjamite, of Benjamin.
• H2490 — חָלַל (châlal, khaw-lal'): a primitive root (compare חָלָה); also denominative (from חָלִיל); properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute); begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
• H3632 — כָּלִיל (kâlîyl, kaw-leel'): from כָּלַל; complete; as noun, the whole (specifically, a sacrifice entirely consumed); as adverb, fully; all, every whit, flame, perfect(-ion), utterly, whole burnt offering (sacrifice), wholly.
• H4864 — מַשְׂאֵת (masʼêth, mas-ayth'): from נָשָׂא; properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figuratively, an utterance; concretely, a beacon (as raised); a present (as taken), mess, or tribute; figuratively, a reproach (as a burden); burden, collection, sign of fire, (great) flame, gift, lifting up, mess, oblation, reward.
• H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
• H5927 — עָלָה (ʻâlâh, aw-law'): a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative; arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
• H5982 — עַמּוּד (ʻammûwd, am-mood'): or עַמֻּד; from עָמַד; a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform; [idiom] apiece, pillar.
• H6227 — עָשָׁן (ʻâshân, aw-shawn'): from עָשַׁן; smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger); smoke(-ing).
• H6437 — פָּנָה (pânâh, paw-naw'): a primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.; appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, [idiom] corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), [idiom] right (early).
• H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1144 — בִּנְיָמִין (Binyâmîyn, bin-yaw-mene'): from בֵּן and יָמִין; son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; Benjamin.
• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.
• H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• a pillar — Genesis 19:28, Joel 2:30, Revelation 19:3
• looked — Joshua 8:20

Reciprocal references (2): 2 Kings 3:24, 2 Kings 6:20

Related Topics

• Nave’s: AMBUSH, ARMIES, STRATEGY

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