And he lifted upוַיִּשָּׂאhis eyesעֵינָיוand sawוַיַּרְאthe man,אֶת הָאִישׁthe traveler,הָאֹרֵחַin the squareבִּרְחֹבof the city;הָעִירand the oldהַזָּקֵןmanהָאִישׁsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whereאָנָהare you going,תֵלֵךְand whereוּמֵאַיִןdo you come from?”תָּבוֹא
Judges 19:17
Study it in the app“And 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?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 19:17, word by word
- And he lifted upיִּשָּׂאyisa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisa” appears- his eyesעֵינָיenay
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enay” appears- and sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- the travelerאֹרֵחַoreach
travel
Travel, be on the road; "the traveler" is one who is passing through.
Where else “oreach” appears- in the squareרְחֹבrechov
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- and the oldזָּקֵןzaken
old
A person of many years.
Where else “zaken” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Whereאָנָהana
where to?
Where? To where?; "how long?"
Where else “ana” appears- are you goingתֵלֵךְtelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appears- and whereאַיִןayin
where from?
Where from? From what place?
Where else “ayin” appears- do you come fromתָּבוֹאtavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appears
The context
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18And he said to him, “We are passing from Bethlehem of Judah to the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim; from there I am. I went to Bethlehem of Judah, and I am going to the house of YHWH, and there is no one taking me into the house.