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Judges 19:29

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← Judges 19:28	Judges 19:29 (KJV)	Judges 19:30 →
And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her [up] upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.	And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, [together] with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.	And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak [your minds].

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And when he was come^H935 into his house^H1004, he took^H3947 a knife^H3979, and laid hold^H2388 on his concubine^H6370, and divided^H5408 her, together with her bones^H6106, into twelve^{H8147 H6240} pieces^H5409, and sent^H7971 her into all the coasts^H1366 of Israel^H3478.

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Original Hebrew

וַיָּבֹא אֶל־בֵּיתֹו וַיִּקַּח אֶת־הַמַּאֲכֶלֶת וַיַּחֲזֵק בְּפִילַגְשֹׁו וַיְנַתְּחֶהָ לַעֲצָמֶיהָ לִשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר נְתָחִים וַיְשַׁלְּחֶהָ בְּכֹל גְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יָּבֹ֣א	va/i.ya.Vo'	H935	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he came
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
בֵּית֗/וֹ	bei.T/o	H1004	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	house/ his
וַ/יִּקַּ֤ח	va/i.yi.Kach	H3947	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he took
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַֽ/מַּאֲכֶ֨לֶת֙	ha./ma.'a.Khe.let	H3979	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ knife
וַ/יַּחֲזֵ֣ק	va/i.ya.cha.Zek	H2388	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he took hold
בְּ/פִֽילַגְשׁ֔/וֹ	be./fi.lag.Sh/o	H6370	HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms	on/ concubine/ his
וַֽ/יְנַתְּחֶ֨/הָ֙	va/y.na.te.Che./ha	H5408	HC/Vpw3ms/Sp3fs	and/ he cut in pieces/ her
לַ/עֲצָמֶ֔י/הָ	la./'a.tza.Mei./ha	H6106	HR/Ncfpc/Sp3fs	to/ bones/ her
לִ/שְׁנֵ֥ים	li/sh.Neim	H8147	HR/Acmda	into/ two (plus)
עָשָׂ֖ר	'a.Sar	H6240	HAcmsa	ten
נְתָחִ֑ים	ne.ta.Chim	H5409	HNcmpa	pieces
וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּחֶ֔/הָ	va/y.sha.le.Che./ha	H7971	HC/Vpw3ms/Sp3fs	and/ he sent out/ her
בְּ/כֹ֖ל	be./Khol	H3605	HR/Ncmsc	in/ all
גְּב֥וּל	ge.Vul	H1366	HNcmsc	(the) territory of
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel

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

Strong's References

• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• H1366 — גְּבוּל (gᵉbûwl, gheb-ool'): or גְּבֻל; (shortened) from גָּבַל; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed; border, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
• H2388 — חָזַק (châzaq, khaw-zak'): a primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer; aid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
• 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.
• 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.
• H3979 — מַאֲכֶלֶת (maʼăkeleth, mah-ak-eh'-leth): from אָכַל; something to eat with,i.e. a knife; knife.
• H5408 — נָתַח (nâthach, naw-thakh'): a primitive root; to dismember; cut (in pieces), divide, hew in pieces.
• H5409 — נֵתַח (nêthach, nay'-thakh): from נָתַח; a fragment; part, piece.
• H6106 — עֶצֶם (ʻetsem, eh'tsem): from עָצַם; a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame; body, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.
• H6240 — עָשָׂר (ʻâsâr, aw-sawr'): for עֶשֶׂר; ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth; (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), [phrase] eleven(-th), [phrase] sixscore thousand, [phrase] twelve(-th).
• H6370 — פִּילֶגֶשׁ (pîylegesh, pee-leh'-ghesh): or פִּלֶגֶשׁ; of uncertain derivation; a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour; concubine, paramour.
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
• H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

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

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• divided her — Judges 20:6-7, 1 Samuel 11:7, Romans 10:2
• with her bones — Deuteronomy 21:22-23

Reciprocal references (2): Judges 19:18, Proverbs 6:34

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• Nave’s: GIBEAH, RAPE

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