Judges
Judges 19:1
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.
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| 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 |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Judges 18:1 · Matthew 2:6 · Judges 21:25 · Judges 17:8 · Judges 17:6 · Joshua 24:33 · Malachi 2:15 · Joshua 24:30
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.