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Judges 19:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth–lehem–judah.


Judges 19:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 19:120 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִי֙wayəhiy
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בַּ/יָּמִ֣יםbayāmiym
daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
הָ/הֵ֔םhāhēm
itparticleH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
וּ/מֶ֖לֶךְwmelekə
kingconjH4428
royal
אֵ֣יןʾēyn
elseparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbəyiśərāʾēl
IsraelpronH3478
וַ/יְהִ֣יwayəhiy
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
לֵוִ֗יlēwiy
LeviitenounH3881
גָּ֚רgār
abideverbH1481
assemble · be afraid · dwell · fear ···
בְּ/יַרְכְּתֵ֣יbəyarəkətēy
borderpronH3411
coast · part · quarter · side
הַרhar
hillnounH2022
mount · promotion
אֶפְרַ֔יִםʾepərayim
EphraimnounH669
Ephraimites
וַ/יִּֽקַּֽחwayiqaḥ
acceptconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
ל/וֹ֙lwō
pron
אִשָּׁ֣הʾišāh
womannounH802
each · every · female · many ···
פִילֶ֔גֶשׁpiylegeš
concubinenounH6370
paramour
מִ/בֵּ֥יתmibēyt
BethlehempronH1035
לֶ֖חֶםleḥem
BethlehemnounH1035
יְהוּדָֽהyəhwdāh
JudahnounH3063
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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