The Meaning of Judges 20:4 Explained

Judges 20:4

KJV: And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

YLT: And the man, the Levite, husband of the woman who hath been murdered, answereth and saith, 'Into Gibeah (which is to Benjamin) I have come, I and my concubine, to lodge;

Darby: And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, "I came to Gib'e-ah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night.

ASV: And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the Levite,  the husband  of the woman  that was slain,  answered  and said,  I came  into Gibeah  that [belongeth] to Benjamin,  I and my concubine,  to lodge. 

What does Judges 20:4 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Judges 20

1  The Levite in a general assembly declared his wrong
8  The decree of the assembly
12  The Benjamites, being cited, make head against the Israelites
18  The Israelites in two battles lose forty thousand
26  They destroy by a plan all the Benjamites, except six hundred

What do the individual words in Judges 20:4 mean?

so answered the Levite the husband of the woman who was murdered and said into Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin went I and my concubine to spend the night
וַיַּ֜עַן הָאִ֣ישׁ הַלֵּוִ֗י אִ֛ישׁ הָאִשָּׁ֥ה הַנִּרְצָחָ֖ה וַיֹּאמַ֑ר הַגִּבְעָ֙תָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְבִנְיָמִ֔ן בָּ֛אתִי אֲנִ֥י וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖י לָלֽוּן

וַיַּ֜עַן  so  answered 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: לְעַנּׄות 
Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout.
הַלֵּוִ֗י  Levite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
אִ֛ישׁ  the  husband 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
הָאִשָּׁ֥ה  of  the  woman 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
הַנִּרְצָחָ֖ה  who  was  murdered 
Parse: Article, Verb, Nifal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: רָצַח  
Sense: to murder, slay, kill.
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר  and  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הַגִּבְעָ֙תָה֙  into  Gibeah 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: גִּבְעָה  
Sense: a city in the mountain district of Judah.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  which  belongs 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
לְבִנְיָמִ֔ן  to  Benjamin 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בִּנְיָמִין 
Sense: Jacob’s and Rachel’s youngest son, Joseph’s full brother.
בָּ֛אתִי  went 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖י  and  my  concubine 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: פִּלֶגֶשׁ  
Sense: concubine, paramour.
לָלֽוּן  to  spend  the  night 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: לוּן 
Sense: to lodge, stop over, pass the night, abide.

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