Judges 19:15

“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.”

Judges 19:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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