Focused Passage

Judges 19:8-9

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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8On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to depart, but the girl’s father said, “Please refresh your heart.” So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.

9When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”

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Verse 8

Original words

On the fifthהַחֲמִישִׁי֮H2549Article | Number - ordinal masculine singulardayבַּיּ֣וֹםH3117Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularhe got up earlyוַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨םH7925Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularin the morningבַּבֹּ֜קֶרH1242Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularto departלָלֶכֶת֒H1980Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructbut the girl’sהַֽנַּעֲרָ֗הH5291Article | Noun - feminine singularfatherאֲבִ֣יH1Noun - masculine singular constructsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀H559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularPleaseנָא֙H4994Interjectionrefreshסְעָד־H5582Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularyour heartלְבָ֣בְךָ֔H3824Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularSo they waitedוְהִֽתְמַהְמְה֖וּH4102Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine pluraluntilעַד־H5704Prepositionlate afternoonנְט֣וֹתH5186Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct. . .הַיּ֑וֹםH3117Article | Noun - masculine singularand the twoשְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃H8147Number - masculine dual construct | third person masculine pluralof them ateוַיֹּאכְל֖וּH398Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Verse 9

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When the manהָאִישׁ֙H376Article | Noun - masculine singulargot upוַיָּ֤קָםH6965Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularto departלָלֶ֔כֶתH1980Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct. . .ה֥וּאH1931Pronoun - third person masculine singularwith his concubineוּפִילַגְשׁ֖וֹH6370Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularand his servantוְנַעֲר֑וֹH5288Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularhis father-in-lawחֹתְנ֣וֹH2859Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularthe girl’sהַֽנַּעֲרָ֡הH5291Article | Noun - feminine singularfatherאֲבִ֣יH1Noun - masculine singular constructsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularto himל֣וֹPreposition | third person masculine singularLookהִנֵּ֣הH2009Interjectionthe dayהַיּ֜וֹםH3117Article | Noun - masculine singularis drawingרָפָ֨הH7503Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularto a closeלַעֲרֹ֗בH6150Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructPleaseנָא֩H4994Interjectionspend the nightלִֽינוּ־H3885Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural. . .נָ֞אH4994InterjectionSeeהִנֵּ֨הH2009Interjectionthe dayהַיּוֹם֙H3117Article | Noun - masculine singularis almost overחֲנ֤וֹתH2583Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructSpend the nightלִ֥יןH3885Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularhereפֹּה֙H6311Adverbthat your heartלְבָבֶ֔ךָH3824Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularmay be merryוְיִיטַ֣בH3190Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singularThen you can get up earlyוְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּ֤םH7925Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine pluraltomorrowמָחָר֙H4279Adverbfor your journeyלְדַרְכְּכֶ֔םH1870Preposition-l | Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine plural. . .וְהָלַכְתָּ֖H1980Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularhomeלְאֹהָלֶֽךָ׃H168Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular

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