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Ehudאֵהוּדwent outוַיֵּצֵאto the porch,הַמִּסְדְּרוֹנָהclosedוַיִּסְגֹּרthe doorsדַּלְתוֹתof the upper roomהָעַלִיָּהbehind him,בַּעֲדוֹand locked them.וְנָעָל
Judges 3:23
Study it in the app“Ehud went out to the porch, closed the doors of the upper room behind him, and locked them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 3:23, word by word
- Ehudאֵהוּדehud
Ehud
Ehud: a judge of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, who delivered the people from Eglon, king of Moab.
Where else “ehud” appears- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- to the porchמִּסְדְּרוֹנָmisdrona
porch, vestibule
Porch or passage; the word appears only here and its exact sense is uncertain.
Where else “misdrona” appears- closedיִּסְגֹּרyisgor
shut
To bolt a door, or leave someone shut in with no way out.
Where else “yisgor” appears- the doorsדַּלְתוֹתdaltot
door
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “daltot” appears- of the upper roomעַלִיָּהaliya
upper room
A room built on the roof.
Where else “aliya” appears- and locked themנָעָלnaal
bolt
To secure a door so it cannot be opened.
Where else “naal” appears
The context
22The hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not pull the sword out of his belly; and the excrement came out.
23 · This verse (above)
24When he had gone out, his servants came and looked, and there the doors of the upper room were locked. They said, “Surely he is covering his feet in the room of coolness.”