The Meaning of Judges 19:7 Explained

Judges 19:7

KJV: And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.

YLT: And the man riseth to go, and his father-in-law presseth on him, and he turneth back and lodgeth there.

Darby: And when the man rose up to go, his father-in-law urged him, till he lodged there again.

ASV: And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when the man  rose up  to depart,  his father in law  urged  him: therefore he lodged  there again. 

What does Judges 19:7 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 19:7 mean?

And when stood the man to depart and urged him his father-in-law so again and he lodged there
וַיָּ֥קָם הָאִ֖ישׁ לָלֶ֑כֶת וַיִּפְצַר־ בּוֹ֙ חֹתְנ֔וֹ וַיָּ֖שָׁב וַיָּ֥לֶן שָֽׁם

וַיָּ֥קָם  And  when  stood 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
הָאִ֖ישׁ  the  man 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
לָלֶ֑כֶת  to  depart 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
וַיִּפְצַר־  and  urged 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּצַר  
Sense: to press, push.
חֹתְנ֔וֹ  his  father-in-law 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: חָתַן 
Sense: to become a son-in-law, make oneself a daughter’s husband.
וַיָּ֖שָׁב  so  again 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
וַיָּ֥לֶן  and  he  lodged 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: לוּן 
Sense: to lodge, stop over, pass the night, abide.

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