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And the manוַ הָאִישׁaroseיָּקָםto go,לָלֶכֶתbut his father-in-lawחֹתְנוֹpressedוַיִּפְצַרhim,בּוֹand he turned backוַיָּשָׁבand spent the nightוַיָּלֶןthere.שָׁם
Judges 19:7
Study it in the app“And the man arose to go, but his father-in-law pressed him, and he turned back and spent the night there.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 19:7, word by word
- And the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- 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 his father-in-lawחֹתְנchotn
father-in-law
The parents of the wife or the husband, that is, the in-laws.
Where else “chotn” appears- pressedיִּפְצַרyiftsar
urge
To beg someone very strongly.
Where else “yiftsar” appears- and he turned backיָּשָׁבyashav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” appears- and spent the nightיָּלֶןyalen
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “yalen” appears
The context
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.”
7 · This verse (above)
8On the fifth day he rose early in the morning to go, and the father of the young woman said, “Sustain, please, your heart, and linger until the day declines.” So the two of them ate.