The Meaning of Judges 19:27 Explained

Judges 19:27

KJV: And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.

YLT: And her lord riseth in the morning, and openeth the doors of the house, and goeth out to go on his way, and lo, the woman, his concubine, is fallen at the opening of the house, and her hands are on the threshold,

Darby: And her master rose up in the morning, and when he opened the doors of the house and went out to go on his way, behold, there was his concubine lying at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.

ASV: And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands upon the threshold.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And her lord  rose up  in the morning,  and opened  the doors  of the house,  and went out  to go  his way:  and, behold, the woman  his concubine  was fallen down  [at] the door  of the house,  and her hands  [were] upon the threshold. 

What does Judges 19:27 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 19:27 mean?

And when arose her master in the morning and opened the doors of the house and went out to go his way and there was the women his concubine fallen [at] the door and with her hands on the threshold
וַיָּ֨קָם אֲדֹנֶ֜יהָ בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַיִּפְתַּח֙ דַּלְת֣וֹת הַבַּ֔יִת וַיֵּצֵ֖א לָלֶ֣כֶת לְדַרְכּ֑וֹ וְהִנֵּ֧ה הָאִשָּׁ֣ה פִֽילַגְשׁ֗וֹ נֹפֶ֙לֶת֙ פֶּ֣תַח וְיָדֶ֖יהָ עַל־ הַסַּֽף

וַיָּ֨קָם  And  when  arose 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
אֲדֹנֶ֜יהָ  her  master 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אָדֹון  
Sense: firm, strong, lord, master.
בַּבֹּ֗קֶר  in  the  morning 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֹּקֶר 
Sense: morning, break of day.
וַיִּפְתַּח֙  and  opened 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּתַח 
Sense: to open.
דַּלְת֣וֹת  the  doors 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: דַּל 
Sense: door, gate.
הַבַּ֔יִת  of  the  house 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
וַיֵּצֵ֖א  and  went  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
לָלֶ֣כֶת  to  go 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
לְדַרְכּ֑וֹ  his  way 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
וְהִנֵּ֧ה  and  there  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
הָאִשָּׁ֣ה  the  women 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
פִֽילַגְשׁ֗וֹ  his  concubine 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: פִּלֶגֶשׁ  
Sense: concubine, paramour.
נֹפֶ֙לֶת֙  fallen 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
פֶּ֣תַח  [at]  the  door 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פֶּתַח  
Sense: opening, doorway, entrance.
וְיָדֶ֖יהָ  and  with  her  hands 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, fdc, third person feminine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
הַסַּֽף  the  threshold 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: סַף 
Sense: a spreading out, basin, goblet, bowl.

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