Judges 21:6
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And the children of Israel being moved with repentance for their brother Benjamin, began to say: One tribe is taken away from Israel.

Judges 21:5
Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the army of the Lord? for they had bound themselves with a great oath, when they were in Maspha, that whosoever were wanting should be slain.

Judges 21:7
Whence shall they take wives? For we have all in general sworn, not to give our daughters to them.

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And the children of Israel being moved with repentance for their brother Benjamin, began to say: One tribe is taken away from Israel.

repented them

Judges 21:15 And all Israel was very sorry, and repented for the destroying of one tribe out of Israel.

Judges 11:35 And when he saw her, he rent his garments, and said: Alas! my daughter, thou hast deceived me, and thou thyself art deceived: for I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I can do no other thing.

Judges 20:23 Yet so that they first went up and wept before the Lord until night: and consulted him and said: Shall I go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin my brethren or not? And he answered them: Go up against them, and join battle.

2 Samuel 2:26 And Abner cried out to Joab, and said: Shall thy sword rage unto utter destruction? knowest thou not that it is dangerous to drive people to despair? how long dost thou defer to bid the people cease from pursuing after their brethren?

Hosea 11:8 How shall I deal with thee, O Ephraim, shall I protect thee, O Israel? how shall I make thee as Adama, shall I set thee as Seboim? my heart is turned within me, my repentance is stirred up.

Luke 19:41,42 And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying: . . .

Context
Wives for the Benjamites
5Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the army of the Lord? for they had bound themselves with a great oath, when they were in Maspha, that whosoever were wanting should be slain. 6And the children of Israel being moved with repentance for their brother Benjamin, began to say: One tribe is taken away from Israel.7Whence shall they take wives? For we have all in general sworn, not to give our daughters to them.…
Lexicon
And the Israelites
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

grieved
וַיִּנָּֽחֲמוּ֙ (way·yin·nā·ḥă·mū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5162: To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge

for
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

their brothers,
אָחִ֑יו (’ā·ḥîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

the Benjamites,
בִּנְיָמִ֖ן (bin·yā·min)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites

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

“Today
הַיּ֛וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

a
אֶחָ֖ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

tribe
שֵׁ֥בֶט (šê·ḇeṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe

is cut off
נִגְדַּ֥ע (niḡ·da‘)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1438: To fell a, tree, to destroy anything

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


Additional Translations
And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

And the children of Israel relented toward Benjamin their brother, and said, To-day one tribe is cut off from Israel.

And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, To-day is one tribe extirpated from Israel.

And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

And the children of Israel repented for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, "There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.

And the sons of Israel repent concerning Benjamin their brother, and say, 'There hath been to-day cut off one tribe from Israel,
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