Study it in the app“And he came to his house and took the knife, and took hold of his concubine and cut her into pieces by her bones into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel.”
And he cameוַיָּבֹאtoאֶלhis houseבֵּיתוֹand tookוַיִּקַּחthe knife,אֶת הַמַּאֲכֶלֶתand took holdוַיַּחֲזֵקof his concubineבְּפִילַגְשׁוֹand cut her into piecesוַיְנַתְּחֶהָby her bonesלַעֲצָמֶיהָinto twelveלִשְׁנֵים עָשָׂרpieces,נְתָחִיםand sent herוַיְשַׁלְּחֶהָthroughout allבְּכֹלthe territoryגְּבוּלof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appearsknife
Knife, especially a large one used for slaughtering or cutting up meat.
Where else “maachelet” appearsseize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “yachazek” appearsconcubine
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” appearscut in pieces
Cut into pieces, cut up an animal.
Where else “yenatche” appearsbone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsame” appearsdouble
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shenem” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appearspiece
A piece, a cut of meat.
Where else “netachim” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yeshalche” appearsterritory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears28And he said to her, “Get up, and let us go.” But there was no answer. Then he took her on the donkey, and the man arose and went to his place.
29 · This verse (above)
30And it happened that all who saw it said, “Such a thing has not happened or been seen from the day that the sons of Israel came up from the land of Egypt until this day. Consider it, take counsel, and speak.”
