Judges 20:32
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Benjamin say, ‘They are smitten before us as at the beginning;’ but the sons of Israel said, ‘Let us flee, and draw them away out of the city, unto the highways.’

King James Bible
And the children of Benjamin said, They [are] smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.

Hebrew
“We are defeating
נִגָּפִ֥ים (nig·gā·p̄îm)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 5062: To push, gore, defeat, stub, inflict

them as before,”
הֵ֛ם (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

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

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

But the Israelites
וּבְנֵ֧י (ū·ḇə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

said,
אָמְר֗וּ (’ā·mə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Let us retreat
נָנ֙וּסָה֙ (nā·nū·sāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away

and draw them away
וּֽנְתַקְּנֻ֔הוּ (ū·nə·ṯaq·qə·nu·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5423: To pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off

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

the city
הָעִ֖יר (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

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

the roads.”
הַֽמְסִלּֽוֹת׃ (ham·sil·lō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4546: A thoroughfare, a viaduct, a staircase

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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