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So they passed onוַיַּעַבְרוּand went,וַיֵּלֵכוּand the sunוַ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁwent downתָּבֹאon themלָהֶםnearאֵצֶלGibeah,הַגִּבְעָהwhichאֲשֶׁרbelongs to Benjamin.לְבִנְיָמִן
Judges 19:14
Study it in the app“So they passed on and went, and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.”
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Judges 19:14, word by word
- So they passed onיַּעַבְרוּyaavru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavru” appears- and wentיֵּלֵכוּyelechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelechu” appears- and the sunשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appears- went downתָּבֹאtavo
set
For the sun to set.
Where else “tavo” appears- nearאֵצֶלetsel
beside
Beside, next to.
Where else “etsel” appears- Gibeahגִּבְעָהgiva
Gibeah
Gibeah: the name of several towns; it means "hill."
Where else “giva” appears- belongs to Benjaminבִנְיָמִןvinyamin
Benjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “vinyamin” appears
The context
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.”
14 · This verse (above)
15And they turned aside there to go in to spend the night in Gibeah; and he went in and sat down in the square of the city, but there was no one taking them into the house to spend the night.