But the menוְ הָאֲנָשִׁיםwere notלֹאwillingאָבוּto listenלִשְׁמֹעַto him.לוֹSo the manוַ הָאִישׁtook holdיַּחֲזֵקof his concubineבְּפִילַגְשׁוֹand brought her outוַיֹּצֵאto themאֲלֵיהֶםoutside;הַחוּץand they knewוַיֵּדְעוּherאוֹתָהּand abusedוַיִּתְעַלְּלוּherבָהּallכָּלnightהַלַּיְלָהuntilעַדthe morning,הַבֹּקֶרand they let her goוַיְשַׁלְּחוּהָasכַּthe dawnהַשָּׁחַרcame up.עֲלוֹת
Judges 19:25
Study it in the app“But 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 19:25, word by word
- But the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- willingאָבוּavu
be willing, consent
Be willing, consent, agree to something; with "not", refuse.
Where else “avu” appears- to listenשְׁמֹעַshemoa
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shemoa” appears- took holdיַּחֲזֵקyachazek
seize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “yachazek” appears- of his concubineפִילַגְשׁfilagsh
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 “filagsh” appears- and brought her outיֹּצֵאyotse
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “yotse” appears- outsideחוּץchuts
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appears- and they knewיֵּדְעוּyedu
lie with
To be intimate with a woman.
Where else “yedu” appears- and abusedיִּתְעַלְּלוּyitallu
abuse
To treat harshly or mockingly someone who is in our hands.
Where else “yitallu” appears- nightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- and they let her goיְשַׁלְּחוּyeshalchu
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “yeshalchu” appears- the dawnשָּׁחַרshachar
dawn
Dawn, daybreak.
Where else “shachar” appears- came upעֲלוֹתalot
rise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “alot” appears
The context
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.”
25 · This verse (above)
26And the woman came at the approach of morning and fell down at the entrance of the house of the man where her master was, until it was light.