And when he was come
bow' (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
into his house
bayith (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
he took
laqach (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
a knife
ma'akeleth (mah-ak-eh'-leth)
something to eat with,-i.e. a knife -- knife.
and laid hold
chazaq (khaw-zak')
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
on his concubine
piylegesh (pee-leh'-ghesh)
a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour -- concubine, paramour.
and divided
nathach (naw-thakh')
to dismember -- cut (in pieces), divide, hew in pieces.
her together with her bones
`etsem (eh'tsem)
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame -- body, bone, life, (self-)same, strength, very.
into twelve
shnayim (shen-ah'-yim)
two; also (as ordinal) twofold -- both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
`asar (aw-sawr')
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth -- (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
pieces
nethach (nay'-thakh)
a fragment -- part, piece.
and sent
shalach (shaw-lakh')
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
her into all the coasts
gbuwl (gheb-ool')
a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extens. the territory inclosed -- border, bound, coast, great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
of Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
