Judg 15:15-16 | TSK | e4.org | new jawbone Heb. moist slew , , ; ; ; , , ; a thousand Some would render the words aileph ish , "a chief;" but it is alluph , and not aileph , which signifies a chief; besides which, the Hebrew idiom would, even in that case, require it to be ish alluph , "a man, a chief," and not alluph ish , "a chief, a man." Add to which, that every version renders it "a thousand men."

‏ Judges 15:15-16

new jawbone Heb. moist

slew Judg 3:31, Judg 4:21, Judg 7:16; Lev 26:8; Josh 23:10; 1Sam 14:6, 1Sam 14:14, 1Sam 17:49-50; 1Cor 1:27-28

a thousand Some would render the words aileph ish, "a chief;" but it is alluph, and not aileph, which signifies a chief; besides which, the Hebrew idiom would, even in that case, require it to be ish alluph, "a man, a chief," and not alluph ish, "a chief, a man." Add to which, that every version renders it "a thousand men."

with the jawbone There is here a fine paronomasia upon the word chamor, "an ass," which also signifies "a heap;" bilchee hachamor, chamor chamorathayim, "With the jaw-bone of an ass, a heap upon two heaps."

heaps upon heaps Heb. an heap, two heaps, Judg 15:16