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Judges 19:1

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And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.	And it came to pass in those days, when [there was] no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.	And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass in those days^H3117, when there was no king^H4428 in Israel^H3478, that there was a certain^H376 Levite^H3881 sojourning^H1481 on the side^H3411 of mount^H2022 Ephraim^H669, who took^H3947 to him a concubine^{H802 H6370} out of Bethlehemjudah^{H1035 H3063}.

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Original Hebrew

וַיְהִי בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וּמֶלֶךְ אֵין בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַיְהִי ׀ אִישׁ לֵוִי גָּר בְּיַרְכְּתֵי הַר־אֶפְרַיִם וַיִּקַּח־לֹו אִשָּׁה פִילֶגֶשׁ מִבֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְהִי֙	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it was
בַּ/יָּמִ֣ים	ba/i.ya.Mim	H3117	HRd/Ncmpa	in the/ days
הָ/הֵ֔ם	ha./Hem	H1992	HTd/Pp3mp	(the)/ those
וּ/מֶ֖לֶךְ	u./Me.lekh	H4428	HC/Ncmsa	and/ (was) a king
אֵ֣ין	'ein	H369	HTn	there not
בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	be./Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HR/Np	in/ Israel
וַ/יְהִ֣י	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he was
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	a man
לֵוִ֗י	le.Vi	H3881	HNgmsa	a Levite
גָּ֚ר	gar	H1481	HVqrmsa	sojourning
בְּ/יַרְכְּתֵ֣י	be./yar.ke.Tei	H3411	HR/Ncfdc	in/ (the) remotest parts of
הַר	har-	H2022	HNcmsc	(the) hill country of
אֶפְרַ֔יִם	'ef.Ra.yim	H669	HNp	Ephraim
וַ/יִּֽקַּֽח	va/i.yi.kach-	H3947	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he took
ל/וֹ֙	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	for (the)/ himself
אִשָּׁ֣ה	'i.Shah	H802	HNcfsa	a woman
פִילֶ֔גֶשׁ	fi.Le.gesh	H6370	HNcfsa	a concubine
מִ/בֵּ֥ית	mi./Beit	H1035	HR/Np	from/ Beth-
לֶ֖חֶם	Le.chem	H1035	HNp	-lehem
יְהוּדָֽה	ye.hu.Dah	H3063	HNp	Judah

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H669 — אֶפְרַיִם (ʼEphrayim, ef-rah'-yim): dual of masculine form of אֶפְרָת; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory; Ephraim, Ephraimites.
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H1035 — בֵּית לֶחֶם (Bêyth Lechem, bayth leh'-khem): from בַּיִת and לֶחֶם; house of bread; Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine; Bethlehem.
• H1481 — גּוּר (gûwr, goor): a primitive root; properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid); abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, [idiom] surely.
• H2022 — הַר (har, har): a shortened form of הָרָר; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively); hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.
• H3063 — יְהוּדָה (Yᵉhûwdâh, yeh-hoo-daw'): from יָדָה; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory; Judah.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3411 — יְרֵכָה (yᵉrêkâh, yer-ay-kaw'): feminine of יָרֵךְ; properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess; border, coast, part, quarter, side.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H3881 — לֵוִיִּי (Lêvîyîy, lay-vee-ee'): or לֵוִי; patronymically from לֵוִי; a Levite or descendant of Levi; Leviite.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H6370 — פִּילֶגֶשׁ (pîylegesh, pee-leh'-ghesh): or פִּלֶגֶשׁ; of uncertain derivation; a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour; concubine, paramour.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H1992 — הֵם (hêm, haym): or (prolonged) הֵמָּה; masculine plural from הֲלַךְ; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.

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