58) Cold or Hot Anger?
Judges 21:5
The Israelites
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son
asked,
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say
“Who
מִ֠י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix
among all
מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every
the tribes
שִׁבְטֵ֥י (šiḇ·ṭê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe
of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc
did not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no
come
עָלָ֧ה (‘ā·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively
to the assembly
בַקָּהָ֛ל (ḇaq·qā·hāl)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6951: Assembly, convocation, congregation
before
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to
the LORD?”
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel
For
כִּי֩ (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction
they had taken
הָיְתָ֗ה (hā·yə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be
a solemn
הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה (hag·gə·ḏō·w·lāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent
oath
הַשְּׁבוּעָ֨ה (haš·šə·ḇū·‘āh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7621: Something sworn, an oath
that anyone
לַ֠אֲשֶׁר (la·’ă·šer)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that
who failed
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no
to come up
עָלָ֨ה (‘ā·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively
before
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to
the LORD
יְהוָ֧ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel
at Mizpah
הַמִּצְפָּ֛ה (ham·miṣ·pāh)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4709: Mizpah -- the name of several places in Israel
would surely be put to death.
מ֥וֹת (mō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill
- All the Israelites were supposed to come up before Yah.weh!
- Those who wouldn’t would be put to death!
- Nevertheless, some didn’t come!
- What about mankind?
