Study it in the app“And the man, the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, “I and my concubine came to Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin, to spend the night.”
And the man,וַ הָאִישׁthe Levite,הַלֵּוִיthe husbandאִישׁof the womanהָאִשָּׁהwho was murdered,הַנִּרְצָחָהansweredיַּעַןand said,וַיֹּאמַר“Iאֲנִיand my concubineוּפִילַגְשִׁיcameבָּאתִיto Gibeah,הַגִּבְעָתָהwhichאֲשֶׁרbelongs to Benjamin,לְבִנְיָמִןto spend the night.לָלוּן
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsLevite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “levi” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appearsmurder
To take someone's life unjustly.
Where else “nirtsacha” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appearsconcubine
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 “filagshi” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bati” appearsGibeah
Gibeah: the name of several towns; it means "hill."
Where else “givata” appearsBenjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “vinyamin” appearsspend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “lun” appears3Now the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah. And the sons of Israel said, “Tell us, how did this evil happen?”
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5And the lords of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house around me at night. Me they intended to kill, and my concubine they humiliated, and she died.
