So they sat downוַיֵּשְׁבוּand ate,וַיֹּאכְלוּthe two of themשְׁנֵיהֶםtogether,יַחְדָּוand drank;וַיִּשְׁתּוּand the fatherוַ אֲבִיof the young womanהַנַּעֲרָהsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe man,הָאִישׁ“Pleaseנָאconsentהוֹאֶלto spend the night,וְלִיןand let your heartוְ לִבֶּךָbe merry.”יִטַב
Judges 19:6
Study it in the app“So 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 19:6, word by word
- So they sat downיֵּשְׁבוּyeshvu
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshvu” appears- and ateיֹּאכְלוּyochlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochlu” appears- the two of themשְׁנֵיshene
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appears- togetherיַחְדָּוyachdav
together
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachdav” appears- and drankיִּשְׁתּוּyishtu
drink
Drink.
Where else “yishtu” appears- and 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- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- consentהוֹאֶלhoel
undertake, venture
Make up one's mind to do something; venture, be willing.
Where else “hoel” appears- to spend the nightלִיןlin
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “lin” appears- and let your heartלִבֶּlibe
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libe” appears- be merryיִטַבyitav
be glad
For the heart to be glad, or to do something with care.
Where else “yitav” appears
The context
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.”
6 · This verse (above)
7And the man arose to go, but his father-in-law pressed him, and he turned back and spent the night there.