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And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto his young man,לְנַעֲרוֹ“Come,לְךָand let us approachוְנִקְרְבָהoneבְּאַחַדof the placesהַמְּקֹמוֹתand spend the nightוְלַנּוּin Gibeahבַגִּבְעָהorאוֹin Ramah.”בָרָמָה
Judges 19:13
Study it in the app“And he said to his young man, “Come, and let us approach one of the places and spend the night in Gibeah or in Ramah.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 19:13, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to his young manנַעֲרnaar
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naar” appears- “Comeלְךָlecha
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lecha” appears- and let us approachנִקְרְבָהnikrva
come near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “nikrva” appears- oneאַחַדachad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appears- of the placesמְּקֹמוֹתmekomot
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekomot” appears- and spend the nightלַנּוּlanu
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “lanu” appears- in Gibeahגִּבְעָהgiva
Gibeah
Gibeah: the name of several towns; it means "hill."
Where else “giva” appears- in Ramahרָמָהrama
Ramah
See it on the mapWhere else “rama” appears
Places in this verse
Ramah ?
Today: possibly er-Ram, West Bank
The name of several towns; the best known was in Benjamin, about 5 miles (8 km) north of Jerusalem, and its site is not certain.
Samuel lived in Ramah (1 Sam 7:17). Jeremiah spoke of Rachel's weeping for her children heard there (Jer 31:15).
The context
12But 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.”
13 · This verse (above)
14So they passed on and went, and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.