Study it in the app“They were making their hearts merry, when the men of the city, perverse men, surrounded the house, beating on the door; and they spoke to the old man, the master of the house, saying, “Bring out the man who came into your house, so that we may know him.””
Theyהֵמָּהwere making their hearts merry,מֵיטִיבִים אֶת לִבָּםwhenוְהִנֵּהthe menאַנְשֵׁיof the city,הָעִירperverseבְנֵי בְלִיַּעַלmen,אַנְשֵׁיsurroundedנָסַבּוּthe house,אֶת הַבַּיִתbeatingמִתְדַּפְּקִיםonעַלthe door;הַדָּלֶתand they spokeוַיֹּאמְרוּtoאֶלthe oldהַזָּקֵןman,הָאִישׁthe masterבַּעַלof the house,הַבַּיִתsaying,לֵאמֹר“Bring outהוֹצֵאthe manאֶת הָאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרcameבָּאintoאֶלyour house,בֵּיתְךָso that we may know him.”וְנֵדָעֶנּוּ
be glad
For the heart to be glad, or to do something with care.
Where else “metivim” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsworthlessness, wickedness
Worthlessness, a thing of no value: "sons of belial" are worthless people who do evil. Later it was used as a name for the evil one (2 Corinthians 6:15).
Where else “veliyaal” appearssurround
To enclose someone or something on every side.
Where else “nasabu” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appearsknock
To rap on a door.
Where else “mitdapkim” appearsdoor
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “dalet” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsold
A person of many years.
Where else “zaken” appearsowner
One who owns something and answers for it: a house, an ox, a field.
Where else “baal” appearsbring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotse” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “ba” appearslie with
To be intimate with a woman.
Where else “nedae” appears“Know” here means to take him sexually by force, as in Genesis 19:5.
21So he brought him into his house and gave fodder to the donkeys; and they washed their feet and ate and drank.
22 · This verse (above)
23And the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do evil, please; since this man has come into my house, do not commit this infamy.
