Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 559 [e] וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ way-yō-mə-rū And said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 1121 [e] בְּנֵ֣י bə-nê the sons N-mpc 1144 [e] בִנְיָמִ֔ן ḇin-yā-min, of Benjamin N-proper-ms 5062 [e] נִגָּפִ֥ים nig-gā-p̄îm [are] defeated V-Nifal-Prtcpl-mp 1992 [e] הֵ֛ם hêm they Pro-3mp 6440 [e] לְפָנֵ֖ינוּ lə-p̄ā-nê-nū before us Prep-l | N-mpc | 1cp 7223 [e] כְּבָרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה kə-ḇā-ri-šō-nāh; as at first Prep-k, Prep-b, Art | Adj-fs 1121 [e] וּבְנֵ֧י ū-ḇə-nê But the sons Conj-w | N-mpc 3478 [e] יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל yiś-rā-’êl of Israel N-proper-ms 559 [e] אָמְר֗וּ ’ā-mə-rū, said V-Qal-Perf-3cp 5127 [e] נָנ֙וּסָה֙ nā-nū-sāh let us flee V-Qal-Imperf.Cohort-1cp 5423 [e] וּֽנְתַקְּנֻ֔הוּ ū-nə-ṯaq-qə-nu-hū, and draw them away Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cp | 3ms 4480 [e] מִן־ min- from Prep 5892 [e] הָעִ֖יר hā-‘îr the city Art | N-fs 413 [e] אֶל־ ’el- to Prep 4546 [e] הַֽמְסִלּֽוֹת׃ ham-sil-lō-wṯ. the highways Art | N-fp

New American Standard Bible
The sons of Benjamin said, "They are struck down before us, as at the first." But the sons of Israel said, "Let us flee that we may draw them away from the city to 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Benjaminites said, "We are defeating them as before." But the Israelites said, "Let's flee and draw them away from the city to the highways."

Let us flee This was done, not only because they had placed an ambuscade behind Gibeah, which was to enter and burn the city as soon as the Benjamites left it; but it would seem, that the slingers, by being within the city and its fortifications, had great advantage over the Israelite by their slings, when they could not come among them with their swords, unless they got them in the plain of the country.

Joshua 8:15,16 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, …

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