Study it in the app“And 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.”
And look,וְהִנֵּהan oldזָקֵןmanאִישׁwas comingבָּאfrom his workמִן מַעֲשֵׂהוּfrom the fieldמִן הַשָּׂדֶהin the evening.בָּעֶרֶבThe manוְהָאִישׁwas from the hill countryמֵהַרof Ephraim,אֶפְרַיִםand heוְהוּאwas residing as an alienגָרin Gibeah;בַּגִּבְעָהbut the menוְאַנְשֵׁיof the placeהַמָּקוֹםwere Benjaminites.בְּנֵי יְמִינִי
old
A person of many years.
Where else “zaken” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appearslabor
What one does each day to earn a living: his work, his trade.
Where else “maase” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appearsevening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “erev” appearshill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appearsEphraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearssojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “gar” appearsGibeah
Gibeah: the name of several towns; it means "hill."
Where else “giva” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appearsBenjaminite
Benjaminite: of the tribe of Benjamin.
Where else “bene” appears15And 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.
16 · This verse (above)
17And he lifted up his eyes and saw the man, the traveler, in the square of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”
