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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!

 

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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 or hot anger!

 

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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!

 

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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!

 

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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!