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And his father-in-law,וַ חֹתְנוֹthe fatherאֲבִיof the young woman,הַנַּעֲרָהdetainedיֶּחֱזַקhim,בּוֹand he stayedוַיֵּשֶׁבwith himאִתּוֹthreeשְׁלֹשֶׁתdays;יָמִיםand they ateוַיֹּאכְלוּand drankוַיִּשְׁתּוּand spent the nightוַיָּלִינוּthere.שָׁם
Judges 19:4
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 19:4, word by word
- And his father-in-lawחֹתְנchotn
father-in-law
The parents of the wife or the husband, that is, the in-laws.
Where else “chotn” appears- the fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- of the young womanנַּעֲרָהnaara
girl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naara” appears- detainedיֶּחֱזַקyechezak
seize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “yechezak” appears- and he stayedיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears- threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- and they ateיֹּאכְלוּyochlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochlu” appears- and drankיִּשְׁתּוּyishtu
drink
Drink.
Where else “yishtu” appears- and spent the nightיָּלִינוּyalinu
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “yalinu” appears
The context
3Then 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.
4 · This verse (above)
5And it happened on the fourth day that they rose early in the morning, and he arose to go; but the father of the young woman said to his son-in-law, “Sustain your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward you may go.”