Judges 20:31
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Benjamin come out to meet the people; they have been drawn away out of the city, and begin to smite [some] of the people—wounded as time by time, in the highways (of which one is going up to Beth-El, and the other to Gibeah in the field), [are] about thirty men of Israel.

King James Bible
And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, [and] were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, [and] kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

Hebrew
The Benjamites
בְנֵֽי־ (ḇə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

came out
וַיֵּצְא֤וּ (way·yê·ṣə·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

against
לִקְרַ֣את (liq·raṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7125: Against he come, help, meet, seek, to, in the way

[them]
הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

and were drawn away
הָנְתְּק֖וּ (hā·nə·tə·qū)
Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5423: To pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the city.
הָעִ֑יר (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

They began
וַיָּחֵ֡לּוּ (way·yā·ḥêl·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play

to attack
לְהַכּוֹת֩ (lə·hak·kō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5221: To strike

the people
מֵהָעָ֨ם (mê·hā·‘ām)
Preposition-m, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

as before,
כְּפַ֣עַם ׀ (kə·p̄a·‘am)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence

killing
חֲלָלִ֜ים (ḥă·lā·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2491: Pierced, polluted

about thirty
כִּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים (kiš·lō·šîm)
Preposition-k | Number - common plural
Strong's 7970: Thirty, thirtieth

men
אִ֖ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of Israel
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (bə·yiś·rā·’êl)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

in the fields
בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה (baś·śā·ḏeh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7704: Field, land

and on the roads,
בַּֽמְסִלּוֹת֙ (bam·sil·lō·wṯ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4546: A thoroughfare, a viaduct, a staircase

one
אַחַ֜ת (’a·ḥaṯ)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

of which
אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

led up
עֹלָ֣ה (‘ō·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

to
בֵֽית־ (ḇêṯ-)
Preposition
Strong's 0: 0

Bethel
אֵ֗ל (’êl)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1008: Bethel -- 'house of God', a city in Ephraim, also a place in southern Judah

and the other
וְאַחַ֤ת (wə·’a·ḥaṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

to Gibeah.
גִּבְעָ֙תָה֙ (giḇ·‘ā·ṯāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1390: Gibeah -- 'hill', three cities in Palestine

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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