Study it in the app“And 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.”
And the lordsבַּעֲלֵיof Gibeahהַגִּבְעָהrose upוַיָּקֻמוּagainst meעָלַיand surroundedוַיָּסֹבּוּthe houseאֶת הַבַּיִתaround meעָלַיat night.לָיְלָהMeאוֹתִיthey intendedדִּמּוּto kill,לַהֲרֹגandוְmy concubineאֶת פִּילַגְשִׁיthey humiliated,עִנּוּand she died.וַתָּמֹת
lord
The leaders or chief men of a city.
Where else “baale” appearsGibeah
Gibeah: the name of several towns; it means "hill."
Where else “giva” appearsrise against
To rise against someone to attack or confront him.
Where else “yakumu” appearssurround
To enclose someone or something on every side.
Where else “yasobu” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearsimagine
To form an idea in the mind, or devise a plan.
Where else “dimu” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “harog” 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 “pilagshi” appearshumble
To humble, or humble oneself; to fast.
Where else “inu” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “tamot” appears4And 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.
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6So I took hold of my concubine and cut her in pieces and sent her throughout all the field of the inheritance of Israel, for they have committed infamy and vileness in Israel.
