Judges 20:38
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Now the appointed signוְהַמֹּועֵ֗ד
(ve·ham·mo·v·'ed)
4150: appointed time, place, or meetingfrom yaad
between the menלְאִ֥ישׁ
(le·'ish)
376: manfrom an unused word
of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
(yis·ra·'el)
3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.from sarah and el
and the men in ambushהָאֹרֵ֑ב
(ha·'o·rev;)
693: to lie in waita prim. root
was that they would make a greatהֶ֕רֶב
(he·rev)
7235a: to be or become much, many or greata prim. root
cloudמַשְׂאַ֥ת
(mas·'at)
4864: an uprising, utterance, burden, portionfrom nasa
of smokeהֶעָשָׁ֖ן
(he·'a·shan)
6227: smokefrom an unused word
riseלְהַעֲלֹותָ֛ם
(le·ha·'a·lo·v·tam)
5927: to go up, ascend, climba prim. root
from the city.הָעִֽיר׃
(ha·'ir.)
5892b: city, townof uncertain derivation


















KJV Lexicon
Now there was an appointed sign
mow`ed  (mo-ade')
appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).
between the men
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
of Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
and
`im  (eem)
accompanying, against, and, as (long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-)to, with(-al).
the liers in wait
'arab  (aw-rab')
to lurk -- (lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.
that they should make a great
rabah  (raw-baw')
to increase (in whatever respect)
flame
mas'eth  (mas-ayth')
burden, collection, sign of fire, (great) flame, gift, lifting up, mess, oblation, reward.
with smoke
`ashan  (aw-shawn')
smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger) -- smoke(-ing).
rise up
`alah  (aw-law')
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
out of the city
`iyr  (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise from the city.

King James Bible
Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The men of Israel had a prearranged signal with the men in ambush: when they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,

International Standard Version
Meanwhile, the army of Israel had arranged to signal their soldiers who had been hiding in ambush by sending up a cloud of smoke from the city.

NET Bible
The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush sent up a smoke signal from the city,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The men of Israel had arranged with those waiting in ambush that they would make a big column of smoke rise from the city as a signal.

King James 2000 Bible
Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the men in ambush, that they should make a great flame with smoke rising up out of the city.
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