Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleNow in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah. Young's Literal Translation And it cometh to pass, in those days, when there is no king in Israel, that there is a man a Levite, a sojourner in the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he taketh to him a wife, a concubine, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah; King James Bible 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. Hebrew In thoseהָהֵ֔ם (hā·hêm) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They days, בַּיָּמִ֣ים (bay·yā·mîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3117: A day when there was no אֵ֣ין (’ên) Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle king וּמֶ֖לֶךְ (ū·me·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king in Israel, בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (bə·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc a Levite לֵוִ֗י (lê·wî) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi who lived גָּ֚ר (gār) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1481: To turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility in the remote בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֣י (bə·yar·kə·ṯê) Preposition-b | Noun - fdc Strong's 3411: Flank, side, extreme parts, recesses hill country הַר־ (har-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country of Ephraim אֶפְרַ֔יִם (’ep̄·ra·yim) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory took וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ (way·yiq·qaḥ-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take for himself לוֹ֙ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew a concubine פִילֶ֔גֶשׁ (p̄î·le·ḡeš) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6370: A concubine, a paramour from מִבֵּ֥ית (mib·bêṯ) Preposition Strong's Hebrew Bethlehem לֶ֖חֶם (le·ḥem) Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1035: Bethlehem -- 'place of bread', a city in Judah, also a city in Zebulun in Judah. יְהוּדָֽה׃ (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites |
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