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And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. (KJV)
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וְהִנֵּ֣ה\׀ve.hi.Nehand there!
Lemma: הִנֵּה (hin.neh) · Strong's: H2009
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: behold
Used 841 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:31, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2009; TAHOT Judges 19:16 word 1
אִ֣ישׁ'isha man
Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man
Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Judges 19:16 word 2
זָקֵ֗ןza.Kenold
Lemma: זָקֵן (za.qen) · Strong's: H2205H
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: old
Used 50 times. Also: Genesis 18:11, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 24:2, Genesis 25:8, Genesis 35:29, Genesis 43:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2205H; TAHOT Judges 19:16 word 3
בָּ֣אba'[was] coming
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Judges 19:16 word 4
מִֽן\־min-from
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Judges 19:16 word 5
מַעֲשֵׂ֤הוּma.'a.Se.huwork his
Lemma: מַעֲשֶׂה (ma.a.seh) · Strong's: H4639G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: deed: work
Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 5:29, Genesis 40:17, Genesis 46:33, Genesis 47:3, Exodus 5:4, Exodus 5:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4639G; TAHOT Judges 19:16 word 6
מִן\־min-from
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Judges 19:16 word 7
הַשָּׂדֶה֙ha.sa.Dehthe field
Lemma: שָׂדֶה (sa.deh) · Strong's: H7704G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: land: country
Used 295 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7704G; TAHOT Judges 19:16 word 8
בָּעֶ֔רֶבba.'E.revin the evening
Lemma: עֶ֫רֶב (e.rev) · Strong's: H6153
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: evening
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:19, Genesis 1:23, Genesis 1:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6153; TAHOT Judges 19:16 word 9
וְהָאִישׁ֙ve.ha.'Ishand the man
Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man
Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Judges 19:16 word 10
מֵהַ֣רme.Har[was] from [the] hill country of
Lemma: הַר (har) · Strong's: H2022H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: mountain: hill country
Used 95 times. Also: Genesis 10:30, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 14:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 31:21, Genesis 31:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2022H; TAHOT Judges 19:16 word 11
אֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraim
Lemma: אֶפְרַ֫יִם (eph.ra.yim) · Strong's: H0669G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Ephraim
Used 173 times. Also: Genesis 41:52, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 48:1, Genesis 48:5, Genesis 48:13, Genesis 48:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0669G; TAHOT Judges 19:16 word 12
וְהוּא\־ve.hu'-and he
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Judges 19:16 word 13
גָ֖רgar[was] sojourning
Lemma: גּוּר (gur) · Strong's: H1481A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to sojourn
Used 81 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 20:1, Genesis 21:23, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 26:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1481A; TAHOT Judges 19:16 word 14
בַּגִּבְעָ֑הba.giv.'Ahin <the> Gibeah
Lemma: גִּבְעָה (giv.ah) · Strong's: H1390H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Gibeah
Used 43 times. Also: Joshua 24:33, Judges 19:12, Judges 19:13, Judges 19:14, Judges 19:15, Judges 20:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1390H; TAHOT Judges 19:16 word 15
וְאַנְשֵׁ֥יve.'an.Sheiand [the] men of
Lemma: אֱנוֹשׁ (e.nosh) · Strong's: H0582
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: human
Used 564 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 12:20, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0582; TAHOT Judges 19:16 word 16
הַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.Komthe place
Lemma: מָקוֹם (ma.qom) · Strong's: H4725
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: place
Used 401 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 18:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4725; TAHOT Judges 19:16 word 17
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[were] Ben-
Lemma: בֶּן־יְמִינִי (ben-y.mi.ni) · Strong's: H1145
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNgmpc)
Meaning: Benjaminite
Used 17 times. Also: Judges 3:15, 1 Samuel 9:21, 1 Samuel 22:7, 2 Samuel 16:11, 2 Samuel 19:16, 1 Kings 2:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1145; TAHOT Judges 19:16 word 18
יְמִינִֽי\׃ye.mi.Nijaminites
Lemma: בֶּן־יְמִינִי (ben-y.mi.ni) · Strong's: H1145
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNgmsa)
Meaning: Benjaminite
Used 17 times. Also: Judges 3:15, 1 Samuel 9:21, 1 Samuel 22:7, 2 Samuel 16:11, 2 Samuel 19:16, 1 Kings 2:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1145; TAHOT Judges 19:16 word 19
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| That evening | → | עֶ֫רֶב H6153 evening |
| an old | → | זָקֵן H2205H old |
| man | → | אִישׁ H0376G man |
| from the hill country | → | הַר H2022H mountain: hill country |
| of Ephraim | → | אֶפְרַ֫יִם H0669G Ephraim |
| . . . | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| who was residing | → | גּוּר H1481A to sojourn |
| in Gibeah | → | גִּבְעָה H1390H Gibeah |
| the men | → | אֱנוֹשׁ H0582 human |
| of that place | → | מָקוֹם H4725 place |
| were Benjamites | → | בֶּן־יְמִינִי H1145 Benjaminite |
| came in | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| from | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| his work | → | מַעֲשֶׂה H4639G deed: work |
| in | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| the field | → | שָׂדֶה H7704G land: country |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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