Study it in the app“And 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.”
And the man,וַ הָאִישׁthe masterבַּעַלof the house,הַבַּיִתwent outיֵּצֵאto themאֲלֵיהֶםand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵהֶם“No,אַלmy brothers,אַחַיdo notאַלdo evil,תָּרֵעוּplease;נָאsinceאַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁרthisהַזֶּהmanהָאִישׁhas comeבָּאintoאַלmy house,בֵּיתִיdo notאַלcommitתַּעֲשׂוּthisהַזֹּאתinfamy.אֶת הַנְּבָלָה
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsowner
One who owns something and answers for it: a house, an ox, a field.
Where else “baal” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearscountryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “aach” appearsdo evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “tareu” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “ba” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taasu” appearsoutrage, folly
Outrage, disgraceful folly: a shameful act that gravely offends the whole community.
Where else “nevala” appears22They 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.”
23 · This verse (above)
24Look, my daughter, the virgin, and his concubine: let me bring out them and humiliate them and do to them what is good in your eyes; but to this man do not do the deed of this infamy.”
