Judges 21:16
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Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
In other translations
Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559זִקְנֵיziknei[the] elders ofH2205הָעֵדָהha'edahthe congregationH5712מַה־mah-what?H4100נַּעֲשֶׂהna'asehwill we doH6213לַנּוֹתָרִיםlanotarimfor <the> [those who] remainH3498לְנָשִׁיםlenashimfor wivesH802כִּי־ki-forH3588נִשְׁמְדָהnishmedahshe is destroyedH8045מִבִּנְיָמִןmibinyaminfrom BenjaminH1144אִשָּׁה׃'ishahwomanH802
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People and places
People: Benjamin