Judges 21:23
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Benjamin do so, and take women according to their number, out of the dancers whom they have taken violently away; and they go, and turn back unto their inheritance, and build the cities, and dwell in them.

King James Bible
And the children of Benjamin did so, and took [them] wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.

Hebrew
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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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