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Judges 19:27-28

Gibeah's Outrage: Covenant Hospitality Collapses into Horror

Judges 19 descends from attempted household reconciliation into national moral horror, showing that when there is no righteous covenant rule, Israelite society can become unsafe for the vulnerable, brutal toward women, and numb to the LORD's holy standards.

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27In the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.

28“Get up,” he told her. “Let us go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.

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Verse 27

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In the morningבַּבֹּ֗קֶרH1242Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularwhen her masterאֲדֹנֶ֜יהָH113Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singulargot upוַיָּ֨קָםH6965Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularand openedוַיִּפְתַּח֙H6605Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularthe doorsדַּלְת֣וֹתH1817Noun - feminine plural constructof the houseהַבַּ֔יִתH1004Article | Noun - masculine singularto go outוַיֵּצֵ֖אH3318Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular. . .לָלֶ֣כֶתH1980Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructon his journeyלְדַרְכּ֑וֹH1870Preposition-l | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singularthere wasוְהִנֵּ֧הH2009Conjunctive waw | Interjectionvvvהָאִשָּׁ֣הH802Article | Noun - feminine singularhis concubineפִֽילַגְשׁ֗וֹH6370Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularcollapsedנֹפֶ֙לֶת֙H5307Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singularin the doorwayפֶּ֣תַחH6607Noun - masculine singular constructof the houseהַבַּ֔יִתH1004Article | Noun - masculine singularwith her handsוְיָדֶ֖יהָH3027Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine dual construct | third person feminine singularonעַל־H5921Prepositionthe thresholdהַסַּֽף׃H5592Article | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 28

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Judges 20:5Classic cross-references

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Get upק֥וּמִיH6965Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singularhe told herוַיֹּ֧אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular. . .אֵלֶ֛יהָH413Preposition | third person feminine singularLet us goוְנֵלֵ֖כָהH1980Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common pluralBut there was noוְאֵ֣יןH369Conjunctive waw | Adverbresponseעֹנֶ֑הH6030Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularSo the manהָאִ֔ישׁH376Article | Noun - masculine singular. . .וַיֵּ֖לֶךְH1980Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularput herוַיִּקָּחֶ֙הָ֙H3947Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singularonעַֽל־H5921Prepositionhis donkeyהַחֲמ֔וֹרH2543Article | Noun - masculine singularand set outוַיָּ֣קָםH6965Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularfor homeלִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃H4725Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular

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