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Judges 20:2

“And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יָצַבyâtsab · yaw-tsab'
H3320 · Hebrew

Definition: to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: present selves, remaining, resort, set (selves), (be able to, can, with-) stand (fast, forth, -ing, still, up).
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יִּֽתְיַצְּב֞וּ — verb Hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vtw3mp
Usage: Occurs 48 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 2:4 Exodus 8:16 Exodus 9:13 Exodus 14:13 Exodus 19:17

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָצַב here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.