Look,הִנֵּהmy daughter,בִתִּיthe virgin,הַבְּתוּלָהand his concubine:וּפִילַגְשֵׁהוּlet me bring outאוֹצִיאָה נָּאthemאוֹתָםand humiliateוְעַנּוּthemאוֹתָםand doוַעֲשׂוּto themלָהֶםwhat is goodהַטּוֹבin your eyes;בְּעֵינֵיכֶםbut to thisוְלָ הַזֶּהmanאִישׁdo notלֹאdoתַעֲשׂוּthe deedדְּבַרof thisהַזֹּאתinfamy.”הַנְּבָלָה
Judges 19:24
Study it in the app“Look, 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 19:24, word by word
- my daughterבִתִּviti
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “viti” appears- the virginבְּתוּלָהbetula
virgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “betula” appears- and his concubineפִילַגְשֵׁfilagshe
concubine
Concubine: a woman joined to a man in a recognized way, but with fewer rights than the main wife. It was a custom of the time that the Bible tells without making it a model.
Where else “filagshe” appears- let me bring outאוֹצִיאָהotsia
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “otsia” appears- and humiliateעַנּוּanu
humble
To humble, or humble oneself; to fast.
Where else “anu” appears- and doעֲשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- what is goodטּוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- in your eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- the deedדְּבַרdevar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devar” appears- infamyנְּבָלָהnevala
outrage, folly
Outrage, disgraceful folly: a shameful act that gravely offends the whole community.
Where else “nevala” appears
Translation note
The text tells what that man offered without commenting on it. The account begins by recalling that “there was no king in Israel” (verse 1).
The context
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.
24 · This verse (above)
25But the men were not willing to listen to him. So the man took hold of his concubine and brought her out to them outside; and they knew her and abused her all night until the morning, and they let her go as the dawn came up.