Judges 21:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.

Young's Literal Translation
And they say, ‘A possession of an escaped party [is] to Benjamin, and a tribe is not 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.

Hebrew
They added,
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“There must be heirs
יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת (yə·ruš·šaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3425: Something occupied, a conquest, a patrimony

for the survivors
פְּלֵיטָ֖ה (pə·lê·ṭāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6413: Deliverance, an escaped portion

of Benjamin,
לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן (lə·ḇin·yā·min)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites

so that a tribe
שֵׁ֖בֶט (šê·ḇeṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe

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

will not
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be wiped out.
יִמָּחֶ֥ה (yim·mā·ḥeh)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4229: To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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