The Meaning of Judges 19:11 Explained

Judges 19:11

KJV: And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

YLT: They are near Jebus, and the day hath gone greatly down, and the young man saith unto his lord, 'Come, I pray thee, and we turn aside unto this city of the Jebusite, and lodge in it.'

Darby: When they were near Jebus, the day was far spent, and the servant said to his master, "Come now, let us turn aside to this city of the Jeb'usites, and spend the night in it."

ASV: When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[And] when they [were] by Jebus,  the day  was far  spent;  and the servant  said  unto his master,  Come,  I pray thee, and let us turn in  into this city  of the Jebusites,  and lodge  in it. 

What does Judges 19:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Judges 19

1  A Levite goes to Bethlehem to fetch home his concubine
16  An old man entertains him at Gibeah
22  The Gibeonites abuse his concubine to death
29  He divides her into twelve pieces, and sends them to the twelve tribes

What do the individual words in Judges 19:11 mean?

They [were] near Jebus and the day was spent far and said the servant to his master come please and let us turn aside into city of the Jebusite this and lodge in it
הֵ֣ם עִם־ יְב֔וּס וְהַיּ֖וֹם רַ֣ד מְאֹ֑ד וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַנַּ֜עַר אֶל־ אֲדֹנָ֗יו לְכָה־ נָּ֛א וְנָס֛וּרָה אֶל־ עִֽיר־ הַיְבוּסִ֥י הַזֹּ֖את וְנָלִ֥ין בָּֽהּ

הֵ֣ם  They  [were] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
עִם־  near 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.
יְב֔וּס  Jebus 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְבוּס  
Sense: an early name for Jerusalem, the city of the Jebusites; also ‘Jebusi’.
וְהַיּ֖וֹם  and  the  day 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
רַ֣ד  was  spent 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָדַד  
Sense: to beat down, beat out, subdue.
מְאֹ֑ד  far 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מְאֹד  
Sense: exceedingly, much subst.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר  and  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הַנַּ֜עַר  the  servant 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נַעַר  
Sense: a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer.
אֲדֹנָ֗יו  his  master 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָדֹון  
Sense: firm, strong, lord, master.
לְכָה־  come 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
נָּ֛א  please 
Parse: Interjection
Root: נָא  
Sense: I (we) pray, now, please.
וְנָס֛וּרָה  and  let  us  turn  aside 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative, first person common plural
Root: סוּר 
Sense: to turn aside, depart.
אֶל־  into 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
עִֽיר־  city 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
הַיְבוּסִ֥י  of  the  Jebusite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְבוּסִי  
Sense: descendants of the 3rd son of Canaan who lived in or around the site of Jebus, the early name for Jerusalem.
הַזֹּ֖את  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
וְנָלִ֥ין  and  lodge 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual, first person common plural
Root: לוּן 
Sense: to lodge, stop over, pass the night, abide.
בָּֽהּ  in  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular

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