The Meaning of Judges 19:4 Explained

Judges 19:4

KJV: And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

YLT: And keep hold on him doth his father-in-law, father of the young woman, and he abideth with him three days, and they eat and drink, and lodge there.

Darby: And his father-in-law, the girl's father, made him stay, and he remained with him three days; so they ate and drank, and lodged there.

ASV: And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And his father in law,  the damsel's  father,  retained  him; and he abode  with him three  days:  so they did eat  and drink,  and lodged  there. 

What does Judges 19:4 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 19:4 mean?

And detained him his father-in-law father of the young woman and he stayed with him three days So they ate and drank and lodged there
וַיֶּחֱזַק־ בּ֤וֹ חֹֽתְנוֹ֙ אֲבִ֣י הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔ה וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב אִתּ֖וֹ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֑ים וַיֹּאכְלוּ֙ וַיִּשְׁתּ֔וּ וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ שָֽׁם

וַיֶּחֱזַק־  And  detained 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָזַק  
Sense: to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore.
חֹֽתְנוֹ֙  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.
אֲבִ֣י  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔ה  of  the  young  woman 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נַעֲרָה  
Sense: girl, damsel, female servant.
וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב  and  he  stayed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
אִתּ֖וֹ  with  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת  three 
Parse: Number, masculine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
יָמִ֑ים  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
וַיֹּאכְלוּ֙  So  they  ate 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
וַיִּשְׁתּ֔וּ  and  drank 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁתָה  
Sense: to drink.
וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ  and  lodged 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: לוּן 
Sense: to lodge, stop over, pass the night, abide.

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