And the manוַ הָאִישׁaroseיָּקָםto go,לָלֶכֶתheהוּאand his concubineוּפִילַגְשׁוֹand his young man;וְנַעֲרוֹbut his father-in-law,וַ חֹתְנוֹthe fatherאֲבִיof the young woman,הַנַּעֲרָהsaidיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Look,הִנֵּהplease,נָאthe dayהַיּוֹםhas wanedרָפָהtoward evening;לַעֲרֹבspend the night,לִינוּplease.נָאLook,הִנֵּהthe dayהַיּוֹםis ending;חֲנוֹתspend the nightלִיןhere,פֹּהand let your heartוְ לְבָבֶךָbe merry;יִיטַבand tomorrowמָחָרyou can rise earlyוְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּםfor your journeyלְדַרְכְּכֶםand goוְהָלַכְתָּto your tent.”לְאֹהָלֶךָ
Judges 19:9
Study it in the app“And the man arose to go, he and his concubine and his young man; but his father-in-law, the father of the young woman, said to him, “Look, please, the day has waned toward evening; spend the night, please. Look, the day is ending; spend the night here, and let your heart be merry; and tomorrow you can rise early for your journey and go to your tent.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 19:9, 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- and his concubineפִילַגְשׁfilagsh
concubine
Concubine: a woman joined to a man in a recognized way, but with fewer rights than the main wife. It was a custom of the time that the Bible tells without making it a model.
Where else “filagsh” appears- and his young manנַעֲרnaar
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naar” 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- 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 dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- has wanedרָפָהrafa
go limp
To grow feeble, be discouraged.
Where else “rafa” appears- toward eveningעֲרֹבarov
grow dark
Grow dusky: the day falls and it becomes dark.
Where else “arov” appears- spend the nightלִינוּlinu
spend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “linu” appears- is endingחֲנוֹתchanot
wane
Of the day, to wane toward evening.
Where else “chanot” appears- and let your heartלְבָבֶlevave
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levave” appears- be merryיִיטַבyitav
be glad
For the heart to be glad, or to do something with care.
Where else “yitav” appears- and tomorrowמָחָרmachar
tomorrow
The day that comes after today.
Where else “machar” appears- you can rise earlyהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּםhishkamtem
rise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “hishkamtem” appears- for your journeyדַרְכְּdark
journey
The stretch one covers going from place to place, and how long it takes.
Where else “dark” appears- and goהָלַכְתָּhalachta
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halachta” appears- to your tentאֹהָלֶohale
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohale” appears
The context
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.
9 · This verse (above)
10But the man was not willing to spend the night; he arose and went and came as far as opposite Jebus, that is Jerusalem; and with him were a pair of saddled donkeys, and his concubine was with him.