DANIEL CHAPTER 5

[JLG]

70) Cold or Hot Anger?

Judges 21:17

They added,
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“There must be heirs
יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת (yə·ruš·šaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3425: Something occupied, a conquest, a patrimony

for the survivors
פְּלֵיטָ֖ה (pə·lê·ṭāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6413: Deliverance, an escaped portion

of Benjamin,
לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן (lə·ḇin·yā·min)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites

so that a tribe
שֵׁ֖בֶט (šê·ḇeṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe

of Israel
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (mî·yiś·rā·’êl)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

will not
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be wiped out.
יִמָּחֶ֥ה (yim·mā·ḥeh)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4229: To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to

- They don’t want Benjamin to disappear!

 

[JLG]

71) Cold or Hot Anger?

Judges 21:18

But we
וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ (wa·’ă·naḥ·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's 587: We

cannot
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

give
לָתֵת־ (lā·ṯêṯ-)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

them our daughters
מִבְּנוֹתֵ֑ינוּ (mib·bə·nō·w·ṯê·nū)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 1323: A daughter

as wives.”
נָשִׁ֖ים (nā·šîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the Israelites
בְנֵֽי־ (ḇə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

had sworn,
נִשְׁבְּע֤וּ (niš·bə·‘ū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear

“Cursed [is]
אָר֕וּר (’ā·rūr)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 779: To execrate

he who gives
נֹתֵ֥ן (nō·ṯên)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

a wife
אִשָּׁ֖ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

to a Benjamite.”
לְבִנְיָמִֽן׃ (lə·ḇin·yā·min)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites

- To survive as a tribe, Benjamin needs more women!

- And they can’t get wives from the other tribes!

 

[JLG]

72) Cold or Hot Anger?

Judges 21:19

“But look,”
הִנֵּה֩ (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

they said,
וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“there is a yearly
מִיָּמִ֣ים ׀ (mî·yā·mîm)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

feast
חַג־ (ḥaḡ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2282: A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast

to the LORD
יְהוָ֨ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

in Shiloh,
בְּשִׁל֜וֹ (bə·ši·lōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7887: Shiloh -- a city in Ephraim

which [is]
אֲשֶׁ֞ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

north
מִצְּפ֤וֹנָה (miṣ·ṣə·p̄ō·w·nāh)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter

of
לְבֵֽית־ (lə·ḇêṯ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew

Bethel
אֵל֙ (’êl)
Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1008: Bethel -- 'house of God', a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah

east
הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ (haš·še·meš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

of the road
לִמְסִלָּ֔ה (lim·sil·lāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4546: A thoroughfare, a viaduct, a staircase

that goes up
הָעֹלָ֥ה (hā·‘ō·lāh)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

from
מִבֵּֽית־ (mib·bêṯ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew

Bethel
אֵ֖ל (’êl)
Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1008: Bethel -- 'house of God', a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah

to Shechem,
שְׁכֶ֑מָה (šə·ḵe·māh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7927: Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor

and south
וּמִנֶּ֖גֶב (ū·min·ne·ḡeḇ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5045: South country, the Negeb, south

of Lebonah.”
לִלְבוֹנָֽה׃ (lil·ḇō·w·nāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3829: Lebonah -- a place near Shiloh


- Let’s see what solution they will find!

 

[JLG]

73) Cold or Hot Anger?

Judges 21:20

So they commanded
וַיְצַוּ֕וּ‪‬ (way·ṣaw·wū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

the Benjamites:
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

“Go,
לְכ֖וּ (lə·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

hide
וַאֲרַבְתֶּ֥ם (wa·’ă·raḇ·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 693: To lie in wait

in the vineyards
בַּכְּרָמִֽים׃ (bak·kə·rā·mîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3754: A garden, vineyard

- So they tell the benjamites what to do!

 

[JLG]

74) Cold or Hot Anger?

Judges 21:21

and watch.
וּרְאִיתֶ֗ם (ū·rə·’î·ṯem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 7200: To see

When
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

you see
וְ֠הִנֵּה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

the daughters
בְנוֹת־ (ḇə·nō·wṯ-)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1323: A daughter

of Shiloh
שִׁילוֹ֮ (šî·lōw)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7887: Shiloh -- a city in Ephraim

come out
יֵ֨צְא֥וּ (yê·ṣə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

to perform
לָח֣וּל (lā·ḥūl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert

their dances,
בַּמְּחֹלוֹת֒ (bam·mə·ḥō·lō·wṯ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4246: A dance

each of you
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

is to come out
וִֽיצָאתֶם֙ (wî·ṣā·ṯem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

of the vineyards,
הַכְּרָמִ֔ים (hak·kə·rā·mîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3754: A garden, vineyard

catch
וַחֲטַפְתֶּ֥ם (wa·ḥă·ṭap̄·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 2414: To clutch, to seize as a, prisoner

for himself
לָכֶ֛ם (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

a wife
אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ (’iš·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the daughters
מִבְּנ֣וֹת (mib·bə·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1323: A daughter

of Shiloh,
שִׁיל֑וֹ (šî·lōw)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7887: Shiloh -- a city in Ephraim

and go
וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֖ם (wa·hă·laḵ·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

to the land
אֶ֥רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Benjamin.
בִּנְיָמִֽן׃ (bin·yā·min)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites


- They must abduct women from Shiloh!

 

[JLG]

75) Cold or Hot Anger?

Judges 21:22

When
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

their fathers
אֲבוֹתָם֩ (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1: Father

or
א֨וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's 176: Desire, if

brothers
אֲחֵיהֶ֜ם (’ă·ḥê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 251: A brother, )

come
יָבֹ֣אוּ (yā·ḇō·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to us
אֵלֵ֗ינוּ (’ê·lê·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

to complain,
לָרִ֣יב ׀ (lā·rîḇ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend

we will tell them,
וְאָמַ֤רְנוּ (wə·’ā·mar·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘Do us a favor
חָנּ֣וּנוּ (ḥān·nū·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | first person common plural
Strong's 2603: To bend, stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, to implore

by [helping] them,
אוֹתָ֔ם (’ō·w·ṯām)
Direct object marker | third person masculine plural
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

since
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

we did not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

get
לָקַ֛חְנוּ (lā·qaḥ·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 3947: To take

wives
אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ (’iš·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

for each of them
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

in the war.
בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה (bam·mil·ḥā·māh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4421: A battle, war

Since
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you
אַתֶּ֛ם (’at·tem)
Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

did not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

actually
כָּעֵ֥ת (kā·‘êṯ)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

give
נְתַתֶּ֥ם (nə·ṯat·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

them [your daughters],
לָהֶ֖ם (lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 0: 0

you have no guilt.��
תֶּאְשָֽׁמוּ׃ (te’·šā·mū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 816: To be guilty, to be punished, perish

- Their fathers and brothers must accept the abduction!

- They must do a “favor”!

- Definitely a strange way to do things!

- But that’s Israel!

- When you deliberately take the wrong direction, itb is hard or impossible to find the right way!

- It can only get worse and worse!

- Better start taking the right direction from the beginning orv as soon as possible!

- That’s the message we get from the faithful servants of Yah.weh!

 

[JLG]

75) Cold or Hot Anger?

Judges 21:23

The Benjamites
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

did
וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ (way·ya·‘ă·śū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

[as instructed]
כֵן֙ (ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

and carried away
וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ (way·yiś·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

the number
לְמִסְפָּרָ֔ם (lə·mis·pā·rām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration

of women
נָשִׁים֙ (nā·šîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

they needed from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the dancers
הַמְּחֹלְל֖וֹת (ham·mə·ḥō·lə·lō·wṯ)
Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert

they caught.
גָּזָ֑לוּ (gā·zā·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1497: To pluck off, to flay, strip, rob

They went
וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ (way·yê·lə·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

back
וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ (way·yā·šū·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

their own inheritance,
נַ֣חֲלָתָ֔ם (na·ḥă·lā·ṯām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion

rebuilt
וַיִּבְנוּ֙ (way·yiḇ·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1129: To build

their cities,
הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (he·‘ā·rîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5892: Excitement

and settled
וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ (way·yê·šə·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in them.
בָּהֶֽם׃ (bā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

- The Benjamites do as told!

- in fact, they have no other choice if they want to survive as a tribe!

 

[JLG]

76) Cold or Hot Anger?

Judges 21:24

And at that
הַהִ֔יא (ha·hî)
Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

time,
בָּעֵ֣ת (bā·‘êṯ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

each
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of the Israelites
בְּנֵֽי־ (bə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

returned
וַיִּתְהַלְּכ֨וּ (way·yiṯ·hal·lə·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

from there
מִשָּׁ֤ם (miš·šām)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

to his own tribe
לְשִׁבְט֖וֹ (lə·šiḇ·ṭōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe

and clan,
וּלְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹ (ū·lə·miš·paḥ·tōw)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people

each
אִ֖ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

to his own inheritance.
לְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ (lə·na·ḥă·lā·ṯōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5159: Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion

- All the Israelites go to their own tribe!

- Everything seems to be back to normal!

- But it isn’t!

- Each time Israel puts more distance between the Israelites as a people and Yah.weh!

- Same for mankind!

- And Yah.weh keeps warning Israel!

- But they never listen!

- Gradually their LINK with Yah.weh DISAPPEARS!

- So it’s a lot more than cold orv hot anger!

 

[JLG]

77) Cold or Hot Anger?

Judges 21:25

In those
הָהֵ֔ם (hā·hêm)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

days
בַּיָּמִ֣ים (bay·yā·mîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

there was no
אֵ֥ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

king
מֶ֖לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

in Israel;
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (bə·yiś·rā·’êl)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

everyone
אִ֛ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

did [what was]
יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ (ya·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

right
הַיָּשָׁ֥ר (hay·yā·šār)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 3477: Straight, right

in his own eyes.
בְּעֵינָ֖יו (bə·‘ê·nāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

- This expression occurs many times in the book of Exodus!

- It tells a lot about the Israelites’ bad attitude!

- But it was not better when they got a human king!

- On the contrary, it leads to the separation of Israel and the destruction of Israel and Judah!

 

[JLG]

78) Cold or Hot Anger?

1 Samuel

- Coming back to Eli’s sons!

- They were priests working in Yah.weh’s house!

- They behaved badly in front of all Israel!

- Everybody could see them!

- Eli didn’t do anything!

- Yah.weh decided the right time for them (Eli’s sons and Eli) to die!

- In the meantime, Samuel was taught and became high priest!

- He replaced Eli as high priest and was faithful to Yah.weh all his life!

- HE COULD HAVE CHOSEN THE WRONG WAY!

- BUT HE CHOSE THE RIGHT ONE!

- IT IS THE SAME FOR US!

- WE MUST CHOOSE WHAT WAY WE WANT TO FOLLOW!

 

[JLG]

79) Cold or Hot Anger?

1 Samuel

- Coming back to King Saul!

- Yah.weh puts him to the test!

- He is waiting for Samuel to make an offering to Yah.weh before fighting the Philistines to get Yah.weh’s approval!

- But he can’t wait so he offers himself the offering!

- It is forbidden!

- It is so usual for man to act knowing Yah.weh’s disapproval!

- Why does man keep acting that way?

- A strange way indeed!

- He will always pay the price sooner or later!

- Divine justice!

- Divine equilibrium!

- There are so many examples in the Bible!

- And man keeps ignoring them!

- Ridiculous!