Judges 20:40
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.”
חָלַל
Pierced, wounded, profaned. Chalal. To be fatally pierced through. This is the word used for Jesus being pierced on the cross. He was pierced because of what we did, not because of anything He did.
עָלָה
it went up
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עָלָה
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
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כָּלִיל
the entirety of
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כָּלִיל
complete; as noun, the whole (specifically, a sacrifice entirely consumed); as adverb, fully
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בִּנְיָמִין
Benjamin
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בִּנְיָמִין
Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
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עָשָׁן
smoke
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עָשָׁן
smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger)
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עַמּוּד
a pillar of
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עַמּוּד
a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform
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