The Meaning of Judges 19:26 Explained

Judges 19:26

KJV: Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.

YLT: and the woman cometh in at the turning of the morning, and falleth at the opening of the man's house, where her lord is, till the light.

Darby: And as morning appeared, the woman came and fell down at the door of the man's house where her master was, till it was light.

ASV: Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then came  the woman  in the dawning  of the day,  and fell down  at the door  of the man's  house  where her lord  [was], till it was light. 

What does Judges 19:26 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 19:26 mean?

And came the woman as was dawning the day and fell down at the door of house of the man where her master [was] there till it was light
וַתָּבֹ֥א הָאִשָּׁ֖ה לִפְנ֣וֹת הַבֹּ֑קֶר וַתִּפֹּ֞ל פֶּ֧תַח בֵּית־ הָאִ֛ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־ אֲדוֹנֶ֥יהָ שָּׁ֖ם עַד־ הָאֽוֹר

וַתָּבֹ֥א  And  came 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
הָאִשָּׁ֖ה  the  woman 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
לִפְנ֣וֹת  as  was  dawning 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: פֹּונֶה 
Sense: to turn.
הַבֹּ֑קֶר  the  day 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֹּקֶר 
Sense: morning, break of day.
וַתִּפֹּ֞ל  and  fell  down 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
פֶּ֧תַח  at  the  door 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פֶּתַח  
Sense: opening, doorway, entrance.
בֵּית־  of  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
הָאִ֛ישׁ  of  the  man 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אֲשֶׁר־  where 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
אֲדוֹנֶ֥יהָ  her  master  [was] 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אָדֹון  
Sense: firm, strong, lord, master.
עַד־  till 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
הָאֽוֹר  it  was  light 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: אֹור  
Sense: light.

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