Then her husbandוַ אִישָׁהּaroseיָּקָםand wentוַיֵּלֶךְafter herאַחֲרֶיהָto speakלְדַבֵּרto her heart,עַל לִבָּהּto bring her back;לַהֲשִׁיבָהּand his young manוְנַעֲרוֹwas with him,עִמּוֹand a pairוְצֶמֶדof donkeys.חֲמֹרִיםAnd she brought himוַתְּבִיאֵהוּinto her father’sאָבִיהָhouse,בֵּיתand when the fatherוַ אֲבִיof the young womanהַנַּעֲרָהsaw him,יִּרְאֵהוּhe rejoicedוַיִּשְׂמַחto meet him.לִקְרָאתוֹ
Judges 19:3
Study it in the app“Then her husband arose and went after her to speak to her heart, to bring her back; and his young man was with him, and a pair of donkeys. And she brought him into her father’s house, and when the father of the young woman saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 19:3, word by word
- Then her husbandאִישָׁisha
husband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “isha” appears- aroseיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- and wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “yelech” appears- to speakדַבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- to her heartלִבָּliba
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appears- to bring her backהֲשִׁיבָhashiva
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “hashiva” appears- and his young manנַעֲרnaar
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naar” appears- and a pairצֶמֶדtsemed
pair
Two animals harnessed together.
Where else “tsemed” appears- of donkeysחֲמֹרִיםchamorim
donkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamorim” appears- And she brought himתְּבִיאֵtevie
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “tevie” appears- into her father’sאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- houseבֵּיתbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- of the young womanנַּעֲרָהnaara
girl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naara” appears- saw himיִּרְאֵyire
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yire” appears- he rejoicedיִּשְׂמַחyismach
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “yismach” appears- to meet himקְרָאתkerat
meet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appears
The context
2But his concubine prostituted herself against him and went away from him to her father’s house at Bethlehem of Judah, and she was there for some time, four months.
3 · This verse (above)
4And his father-in-law, the father of the young woman, detained him, and he stayed with him three days; and they ate and drank and spent the night there.