Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch">559 [e] וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ way-yō-mə-rū, And they said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 3425 [e] יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת yə-ruš-šaṯ [There must be] an inheritance N-fsc 1a) escape, deliverance 1b) escaped remnant">6413 [e] פְּלֵיטָ֖ה pə-lê-ṭāh for the survivors N-fs 1) Jacob's and Rachel's youngest son, Joseph's full brother 2) son of Bilhan, great-grandson of Benjamin 3) a Benjamite, one of the sons of Harim, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife 4) the tribe descended from Benjamin, the son of Jacob">1144 [e] לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן lə-ḇin-yā-min; of Benjamin Prep-l | N-proper-ms 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)">3808 [e] וְלֹֽא־ wə-lō- that not Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wipe 1a2) to blot out, obliterate 1a3) to blot out, exterminate 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be wiped out 1b2) to be blotted out 1b3) to be exterminated 1c) (Hiphil) to blot out (from memory) 2) (Qal) to strike 3) (Pual) full of marrow (participle)">4229 [e] יִמָּחֶ֥ה yim-mā-ḥeh may be destroyed V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms 1a) rod, staff 1b) shaft (of spear, dart) 1c) club (of shepherd's implement) 1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority) 1e) clan, tribe">7626 [e] שֵׁ֖בֶט šê-ḇeṭ a tribe N-ms 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile">3478 [e] מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ mî-yiś-rā-’êl. from Israel Prep-m | N-proper-ms

New American Standard Bible
They said, "There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel.

King James Bible
And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They said, "There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.

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