And they turned asideוַיָּסֻרוּthereשָׁםto go inלָבוֹאto spend the nightלָלוּןin Gibeah;בַּגִּבְעָהand he went inוַיָּבֹאand sat downוַיֵּשֶׁבin the squareבִּרְחוֹבof the city,הָעִירbut there was noוְאֵיןoneאִישׁtakingמְאַסֵּףthemאוֹתָםinto the houseהַבַּיְתָהto spend the night.לָלוּן
Judges 19:15
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 19:15, word by word
- And they turned asideיָּסֻרוּyasuru
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “yasuru” appears- to go inבוֹאvo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vo” appears- to spend the nightלוּןlun
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “lun” appears- in Gibeahגִּבְעָהgiva
Gibeah
Gibeah: the name of several towns; it means "hill."
Where else “giva” appears- and sat downיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshev” appears- in the squareרְחוֹבrechov
square
Square: the open space of a town.
Where else “rechov” appears- of the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- takingמְאַסֵּףmeasef
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “measef” appears- into the houseבַּיְתָbayta
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayta” appears
The context
14So they passed on and went, and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
15 · This verse (above)
16And look, an old man was coming from his work from the field in the evening. The man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was residing as an alien in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjaminites.