Judges
Judges 19:18
18The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD;b but no one has taken me into his home,
Footnotes
- b 19:18 LXX I am going to my home; see verse 29.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| replied | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| We are | אֲנַ֜חְנוּ | ’ă·naḥ·nū | Pronoun - first person common plural | H587 we |
| traveling | עֹבְרִ֨ים | ‘ō·ḇə·rîm | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on |
| from Bethlehem | לֶ֣חֶם | le·ḥem | Preposition; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H1035 Beth-Lechem |
| in Judah | יְהוּדָה֮ | yə·hū·ḏāh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3063 Judah |
| to | עַד־ | ‘aḏ- | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| the remote | יַרְכְּתֵ֣י | yar·kə·ṯê | Noun - feminine dual construct | H3411 flank, side |
| hill country | הַר־ | har- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country |
| of Ephraim | אֶפְרַיִם֒ | ’ep̄·ra·yim | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H669 Ephraim |
| where | מִשָּׁ֣ם | miš·šām | Preposition-m; Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| I am from | אָנֹ֔כִי | ’ā·nō·ḵî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H595 I |
| I went | וָאֵלֵ֕ךְ | wā·’ê·lêḵ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| to | עַד־ | ‘aḏ- | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| Bethlehem | לֶ֖חֶם | le·ḥem | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H1035 Beth-Lechem |
| in Judah | יְהוּדָ֑ה | yə·hū·ḏāh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3063 Judah |
| and now I am | אֲנִ֣י | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| going | הֹלֵ֔ךְ | hō·lêḵ | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| to the house | בֵּ֤ית | bêṯ | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1004 house |
| of the LORD | יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| but no | וְאֵ֣ין | wə·’ên | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| one | אִ֔ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| has taken | מְאַסֵּ֥ף | mə·’as·sêp̄ | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular | H622 gather, remove |
| me | אוֹתִ֖י | ’ō·w·ṯî | Direct object marker; first person common singular | H853 mark of the accusative |
| into his home | הַבָּֽיְתָה׃ | hab·bā·yə·ṯāh | Article; Noun - masculine singular; third person feminine singular | H1004 house |
Cross-references
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Judges 18:31 · John 15:6 · Joshua 18:1 · Psalm 26:9
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.