Judges

Judges 19:1–2

¹Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah. ²But she was unfaithful to him^a and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah.

After she had been there four months,

Footnotes

a 19:2 LXX became angry with him

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Judges 19:1

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now	וַיְהִי֙	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
in those	הָהֵ֔ם	hā·hêm	Article; Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
days	בַּיָּמִ֣ים	bay·yā·mîm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day
when there was no	אֵ֣ין	’ên	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
king	וּמֶ֖לֶךְ	ū·me·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
in Israel	בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	bə·yiś·rā·’êl	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
a Levite	לֵוִ֗י	lê·wî	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3881 Levite
who lived	גָּ֚ר	gār	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H1481 sojourn
in the remote	בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֣י	bə·yar·kə·ṯê	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine dual construct	H3411 flank, side
hill country	הַר־	har-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
of Ephraim	אֶפְרַ֔יִם	’ep̄·ra·yim	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H669 Ephraim
took	וַיִּֽקַּֽח־	way·yiq·qaḥ-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3947 take
for himself	לוֹ֙	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
a concubine	פִילֶ֔גֶשׁ	p̄î·le·ḡeš	Noun - feminine singular	H6370 concubine
from Bethlehem	לֶ֖חֶם	le·ḥem	Preposition; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1035 Beth-Lechem
in Judah	יְהוּדָֽה׃	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah

Judges 19:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But she	פִּֽילַגְשׁ֔וֹ	pî·laḡ·šōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H6370 concubine
was unfaithful	וַתִּזְנֶ֤ה	wat·tiz·neh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot
to him	עָלָיו֙	‘ā·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H5921 height
and left	וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ	wat·tê·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
him	מֵֽאִתּוֹ֙	mê·’it·tōw	Preposition-m; Direct object marker; third person masculine singular	H854 with
to return to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
her father’s	אָבִ֔יהָ	’ā·ḇî·hā	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H1 father
house	בֵּ֣ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
in	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Bethlehem	לֶ֖חֶם	le·ḥem	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1035 Beth-Lechem
in Judah	יְהוּדָ֑ה	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
After she had been	וַתְּהִי־	wat·tə·hî-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
there	שָׁ֕ם	šām	Adverb	H8033 there, thither
four	אַרְבָּעָ֥ה	’ar·bā·‘āh	Number - masculine singular	H702 four
months	חֳדָשִֽׁים׃	ḥo·ḏā·šîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2320 (newness), new moon, month

Cross-references

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Judges 19:1 Judges 18:1 · Matthew 2:6 · Judges 21:25 · Judges 17:8 · Judges 17:6 · Joshua 24:33 · Malachi 2:15 · Joshua 24:30

Judges 19:2 Ezekiel 16:28

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.