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But his masterוַ אֲדֹנָיוsaidיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“We will notלֹאturn asideנָסוּרtoאֶלa cityעִירof foreignersנָכְרִיwhoאֲשֶׁרare notלֹאof the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלhere;הֵנָּהwe will pass onוְעָבַרְנוּas far asעַדGibeah.”גִּבְעָה
Judges 19:12
Study it in the app“But his master said to him, “We will not turn aside to a city of foreigners who are not of the sons of Israel here; we will pass on as far as Gibeah.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 19:12, word by word
- But his masterאֲדֹנָיadonay
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adonay” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- turn asideנָסוּרnasur
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “nasur” appears- a cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- of foreignersנָכְרִיnachri
foreign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachri” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- we will pass onעָבַרְנוּavarnu
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avarnu” appears- Gibeahגִּבְעָהgiva
Gibeah
Gibeah: the name of several towns; it means "hill."
Where else “giva” appears
The context
11They were near Jebus, and the day was far spent, and the young man said to his master, “Come, please, and let us turn aside to this city of the Jebusite and spend the night in it.”
12 · This verse (above)
13And he said to his young man, “Come, and let us approach one of the places and spend the night in Gibeah or in Ramah.”