And it happenedוַיְהִיon the fourthבַּ הָרְבִיעִיdayיּוֹםthat they rose earlyוַיַּשְׁכִּימוּin the morning,בַבֹּקֶרand he aroseוַיָּקָםto go;לָלֶכֶתbut the fatherוַ אֲבִיof the young womanהַנַּעֲרָהsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלhis son-in-law,חֲתָנוֹ“Sustainסְעָדyour heartלִבְּךָwith a morselפַּתof bread,לֶחֶםand afterwardוְאַחַרyou may go.”תֵּלֵכוּ
Judges 19:5
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 19:5, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- on the fourthרְבִיעִיrevii
fourth
What holds the place after the third.
Where else “revii” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- that they rose earlyיַּשְׁכִּימוּyashkimu
rise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “yashkimu” appears- in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- and he aroseיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- to goלֶכֶתlechet
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechet” appears- but 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- his son-in-lawחֲתָנchatan
son-in-law
The daughter's husband, who joins the family by marriage.
Where else “chatan” appears- “Sustainסְעָדsead
sustain, strengthen
Sustain, strengthen. "Sustain the heart" is to refresh oneself by eating.
Where else “sead” appears- your heartלִבְּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- with a morselפַּתpat
piece, morsel
Piece, morsel, bit of bread.
Where else “pat” appears- of breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears
The context
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.
5 · This verse (above)
6So they sat down and ate, the two of them together, and drank; and the father of the young woman said to the man, “Please consent to spend the night, and let your heart be merry.”